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ST. ANN'S CHURCH, 

FROM THE YEAR 1784 TO THE YEAR 1843, 

WITH 

A MEMORIAL OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 

TO WHICH IS ACt»ED, 

AN APPENDIX, 

CONTAINING A BRIEF NOTICE OF THE OTHER EPISCOPAL CHURCHES 

IN BROOKLYN. 



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BY A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. 






BROOKLYN: 

F. G. FISH, 41 FRONT STREET 

1845. 



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Enteirefl according to the act of Congress, in the year 1845, by V. G. Fish, in the 
Clerli's Office of thfe District Cotjrt of the Southern District of New- York. 



J. p. Wright, Printer, 
122 Fulton street, N.V, 



PREFACE. 



St. Ann's was for more than forty years the only Episcopal 
Church in Brooklyn; and of the Churches of the same Commu- 
nion that have since arisen within our borders, her members have 
been the chief founders, or have greatly assisted in the organiza- 
tion. Three of her eleven Rectors have been made Bishops 
over important Dioceses. She has long been "as a cily set 
on a hill" as to privileges. A goodly company have confessed 
within her fold " the faith of Christ crucified," and some who 
made this confession half a century ago are still spared to kneel 
at her altars and enjoy her ministrations. The instruction which 
her Sunday Schools provide, evinces her care for the young; and 
her comparatively liberal contributions to Missionary and kindred 
objects have caused " very excellent things to be spoken of her." 
A knowledge of these circumstances led to the supposition that 
there might be some points in the history of this Church which, if 
wrouf^ht into a connected narrative, would be of interest to those 
who had at any time belonged to the parish. With a view to an 
attempt of the kind, application was made to the Rector, about 
two years since, to ascertain what materials the records of the 
Church would supply. These were found on investigation much 
less complete than was hoped, — affording but little that could be 
used beyond a list of communicants, and that very defective, or 
altogether wanting, in the period preceding the year 1800. It 
was presumed, however, that much of the deficiency of official 
data might be made up from other sources, and especially by 
individual recollections, and it was therefore determined to 
prosecute the undertaking,— with little forethought, perhaps, as 



IV PREFACE. 

to the difficuliies of such a course ; for it is certain that none can 
fully know or appreciate them, who liave not heen engaged in 
similar labor. The result will be found in the following pages. 

To those who may think that facts and incidents are omitted 
which should have been inserted, and that some things aj)pear 
which might better have been left out, it may suffice to say, that 
all has been gathered which could well be, under the circum- 
stances, and as to the want of any discrimination in the admission 
of irrelevant matters, the opinions will be as various, probably, as 
the feelings and tastes of the readers. 

The great desire has been to present a Memorial of the Sun- 
day Schools — their establishment, progress, and results — in 
order to excite a warmer and more general interest and sympathy 
in their behalf. They are emphatically the nurseries of the 
Church, and hold a relation to the young next in importance to 
that of the family and the of Pastor, — in some instances, circum- 
stances may give them even higher interest. If they were 
looked upon with greater favor by the congregation, and ofiener 
visited, and personally aided, the " good they do'' might be abun- 
dantly increased. 

But there are it is hoped many things concerning the Church, 
also, which her members will be glad to see here collected, and 
embodied for preservation. They will look back to their " day of 
small things," and be thankful for their present enlarged borders 
and measure of prosperity. Beholding as in a mirror their un- 
surpassed privileges, the^^ will be reminded of their great and in- 
creased responsibilities. The long list of communicants will 
recall past friendships and associations, and lead, perhaps, to a 
more earnest " reaching forth to the things which are before !" 

If such shall be the effect of this unpretending volume (for pre- 
tensions of every sort are disclaimed, as regards both the under- 
signed and his subject) ; — if it shall tend in any degree to make 
the Schools better appreciated, the Church more loved, and its 
surrounding Missionary field more diligently cultivated ; if it 
shall draw its members into a kindlier and closer fellowship, and 
excite a stronger sympathy for those who " sit in darkness," the 
purpose and aim of the undertaking will be fully answered. 

The undersigned has to acknowledge his obligations to several 



PREFACE. V 

of the congregation for the favor with which they looked upon his 
inquiries, and the aid they aflbrded ; and also to some at a dis- 
tance, for information and valuable hints. One gentleman, es- 
pecially, who gave a clue by which an important fact was ascer- 
tained, deserves mention, as well for the promptness with which 
he answered a letter-of inquiry, as that he has since been re- 
moved from earthly scenes. The allusion is to Judge Sherman, 
of Connecticut, whose letter will be found at page 14. 

It may be staled as some excuse for any defect in the arrange- 
ment or execution of the work, that a corsiderable portion of the 
materials has been collected since the printing was commenced. 
Method or symmetry was thus in a good measure precluded. 

But, such as it is, the book is humbly and prayerfully submit- 
ted to the members and friends of St. Ann's. 

F. G. FISH. 

r 

After most of the sheets were printed, they were submitted to 
the venerable and respected Rector of St. George's, who kindly 
sent the following note in acknowledgment : 

Dear Sir, — I have read with much pleasure your Memo- 
rial of St. Ami's Church, Brooklyn. To the congregation, 
the past annals of their interesting establishment, and espe- 
cially of its Sunday Schools, will no doubt prove very ac- 
ceptable, and the gradual growth which both have expe- 
rienced be a cauvse of gratitude to the Author and Giver of 
every good and perfect gift. The correctness of the general 
history of our Church is much promoted by accurate details 
of its several departments, and every contribution such as 
yours thrown into the general stock of materials, is promo- 
tive of this end. 

Hoping that our beloved brother, its present incumbent, 
may long be favored to continue his useful labors, and the 
prosperity of his present charge be contfiiually increasing 
under the blessing of the Great Head of the Church, I am, 
very truly yours, 

JAMES MILNOR. 
St. George's Rectory, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1845. 

Mr. F. G. Fish 



1:;^ If the perusal of these pages shall recall any facts or inci» 
dents, which have been passed over, calculated to illustrate or 
throw light upon the history of this Church, their communication 
to the subscriber, or to the Rector for him, will be considered as 
a favor. r. g. f. 



CONTENTS. 



Establishment of the Church ^ 

Rev. John Sayre 

Rev. James Sayre— Judge Sherman's Letter 14 

Rev. George Wright •• ^ '•"" ••••=•• ^^ 

Rev. E. D. Rattoone •••• - ^^ 

Rev. A. Hull..... • ' 2^ 

Rev. S. Nesbitt • ^^ 

Rev. J. Ireland - • -• ^^ 

Rev. H. J. Feltus - • ^^ 

Rev. J. P. K. Henshaw - ^ - • ^^ 

Rev. H. Smith '•'••- • '^^ 

Rev. H. U. Onderdonk ^^ 

Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine ^^ 

Rev. B. C. Cutler '^^ 

Rev. Chas. Bancroft ^^^ 

The Sunday Schools— First School 129 

Resignation of Mr. Peet —Succession of Mr. Matthews 137 

Extracts from Records - ^^^ 

Officers of First School • • ^^^ 

Second School— Letter of the Rector 151 

Teachers of Second School 1'''^ 

Teachers uf First School ^ •••••• 1"^^ 

View of First School — Children's Church ■• 177 

Additional ™ 

Rev. Mr. Smith's Letter • l^'^ 

Wm. Spencer's Letter... « ^^^ 

Record of Marriages— 'Baptisms 1^^ 

Burials — Confirmations ' ••' • ^^^ 

Communicants of St. Ann's Church 1^^ 

Communion Notice • • •^^'^ 

Vestry of St. Ann's. - ^^^ 



Appendix.— Episcopal Churches - ^H 

Appendix A ^^ 

Lines to a Pastor • • ' 

Hymns for the Sunday School -. • ■ - ^^® 



ERRATA. 

Page 20— 3d line from bottom, for " 1784," read 1834. 

Page 21— 7th line from bottom, read John Cornell, instead of " Whitehead." 

Page 55— last line, read 1823, instead of "1S2S." 

Page 114— beginning of 2d line from top, for " lire," read the. 

Page 116— 15th line of last paragraph, read "silvery." 

Page 178 — 8ih line from top, instead of " 67" scholars, read 66. 

Page 192— last line but one, read desires, instead of "desirous." 



ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 



The first religious society in Brooklyn was the Dutch Re- 
formed, organized in 1660,--one hundred and eighty-four years 
ago,-~under the pastoral care of the Rev. Henry Solinus, (or 
Hendricus Selwyn,) and from which has emanated the present 
charge of the Rev. Mr. Dwight. Its Hraits were not confined to 
the village, hut embraced much of the surrounding country, and 
its place of worship, for nearly a century and a half, was in Ful- 
ton street, some distance above the Military Garden. In 1810, 
it was transferred to its present site in Joralemon street. 



It is said that the Episcopal Church was es- 
tabhshed here in 1766 ; it is so set down in some 
historical publications upon Brooklyn and Long 
Island ; but on what data or facts the statement 
rests, the writer of this, after much research, has 
failed to discover. From an examination of the 
printed reports of the English " Society for pro- 
pagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts," it does 
not appear that Brooklyn was a Missionary Sta- 



10 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

tion, although, for many years previous to the 
Revolutionary War, there w^ere tiventy-two such 
stations in the then Colony of New York. 
The Church here, then, if really established at 
the date referred to, must have been indepen- 
dent of the usual provision from abroad, and its 
records, if any were kept previous to and during 
the war, may have been carried off by the Brit- 
ish with the civil records of the place. But the 
more probable opinion is, that Episcopal servi- 
ces were first performed in Brooklyn, and per- 
haps in the year named, by some of the clergy 
of New-York, and occasionally continued after- 
wards as circumstances rendered expedient or 
convenience allowed. There were, even at the 
close of the Revolutionary War, less than sixty 
houses in all the town, and not more than that 
number of families, and it is hardly to be sup- 
posed that nearly twenty years anterior to that 
time, persons preferring the Episcopal service 
were sufficiently numerous to support its regular 
administration, especially as a majority of the 
inhabitants wxre descendants of the first settlers, 
from Holland, and had for more than a century 
uninterruptedly maintained the worship of the 
Reformed Dutch Church. But, whatever con- 
jecture may be, nothing is known ; not even the 
name of any regular minister can be rem em- 



REV. JOHN SAYRE. 11 

bered or referred to before the year 1784. It is 
true, a tradition has prevailed that the Rev. Mr. 
Sayre, " a British refugee," preached here du- 
ring the w^ar ; and this circumstance induced a 
further examination of the Society's reports 
above mentioned, with the following result : 

The Rev. John Sayre, employed as one cf 
the Missionaries of this Society, was in the year 
1774 transferred from Newburgh, New York, 
to Fairfield, in Connecticut, and there remained 
until the destruction of that town by the British 
forces under Governor Tryon in 1779, wdien he 
came to Brooklyn.* Soon after this, he went 



* The following incident is related by the Episcopal Minister in 
Fairfield (in a note to a sermon preached in 1842), on the authority of a 
communicant of his Church, then 83 years old, a daughter of the Mr. 
Piersons here mentioned : 

While the flames were still raging at Fairfield, Gov. Tryon and 
Rev. Mr. Sayre were observed walking together through the principal 
street by a Mr. Piersons, an ardent patriot, and probably one of the 
sufferers, who was a remarkably good shot with a rifle. Exasperated 
at the wanton and cruel conduct of the British commander, Piersons 
raised his piece three several times for the purpose of shooting him, but 
as often and finally desisted, lest he should endanger the life of his Mi- 
nister also, whom, in respect to this outrage, he justly considered to be 
blameless. In passing through a field towards his home, Piersons en- 
countered and captured a British' soldier, but soon after falling in with 
a party of the enemy, he was captured in his turn. Preparations were 
instantly made to hang him ; a rope was affixed to his neck, and then 
to a tree ; but just as he was about to be swung off, a British officer 
came up, cut the rope, and gave orders that Piersons should be retained 
as a prisoner. He was accordingly soon afterwards sent to the Brook- 
lyn station, the knowledge of which coming to Mr. Sayre, he interceded 
successfully with the British autliorities for his release, and had him 



12 ST. ANN*S CHURCH. 

by invitation to Huntington, L. I. When he had 
been but a few days here, however, the house at 
v/hich he v/as staying was entered by a party of 
men from Connecticut, who, after a dihgent 
search, retired without doing any injury, or taking 
any thing away. This circumstance led Mr. 
Sayre to suppose himself to have been the object 
of pursuit, and he therefore thought it prudent 
to return immediately to Brooklyn. The report 
of the Society for 1780 states, that although Mr. 
S. is unemployed, his salary is continued to him. 
That of the following year has an " extract of a 
letter from the Rev. Mr. S., late Missionary at 
Fairfield," dated July 20, 1780, which says that 
as soon as he regained his health, he assisted the 
Rev. Mr. Bloomer in his mission at Jamaica, at 
an allowance of .£80 a year. 

From all this it would seem, that the residence 
of Mr. Sayre here could only have been short 
and occasional, and that his ministrations were 
probably confined to the British troops, then in 
possession of the town, and such transient hear- 
ers as w^ere disposed to be present. 

It may not, however, be without interest in 
this connection to add, that Mr. Sayre is said to 



sent home. It is but just to Mr. S. to add, that this intercession was 
made without any intimation having been given him that his own hfe 
had been preserved by the forbearance of his former parishioner. 



REV. JOHN SAYRE. 13 

have been more tlian ordinarily possessed of 
the requisite quahfications for his office, (see 
Appendix A,) and to have faithfully performed its 
duties, at least while in Fairfield. During the 
period he officiated in that parish, the commu- 
nicants increased from forty to one hundred. 
Yet, from the peculiar state of the times, he was 
subjected to great discouragements and hard- 
ships. Receiving his appointment and salary 
from a society in England, and his feelings and 
sympathies naturally favoring that country in the 
contest then going on, he was the object of con- 
tinual suspicion and distrust to the opposite par- 
ty, and various pretexts were sought to drive 
him from his position. At one time his house 
was beset by tw^o hundred mihtiamen, who were 
only dissuaded from attacking it by the assu- 
rance that his wife was too ill to be remov^ed. 
He was afterwards confined to his house and 
garden ; and subsequently, because he refused 
to subscribe to what he deemed dishonorable 
and disloyal requisitions, he was sent to New 
Britain; and it was not until after eighteen 
months' detention that he was allowed the range 
of the county. This enlargement brought him 
again wdthin reach of his ministerial charge. 
When Fairfield was burnt, he saved nothing of 
his little property. 



14 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

One of the reports of the Society, in refer- 
ring to their Missionary, thus concludes : " It is 
with extreme regret that he (Mr. S.) has left his 
flock, but he blesses God that in all his trials he 
has endeavored to keep a conscience void of 
offence, and constantly strove to discharge his 
duty to his Master, his King, and his People, 
and he expresses a full sense of gratitude to 
God for his divine protection, and that tranquili- 
ty of mind w^hich, through his grace, he has all 
along enjoyed." 



Since the foregoing was penned, a gentleman 
of Fairfield has obligingly furnished the follow- 
ing letter, in answer to interrogatories preferred 
to him at the suggestion of a former Rector of 
Grace Church, Jamaica: 

'' Fail-field, Sepf. 3, 1844. 

" Dear Sir : By last evening's mail, I received 
your letter of the 30th ult. You inquire relative 
to the ' Rev. John Say re, once a minister in 
Fairfield.' I cannot find that any person of that 
name ever resided here, and presume that the 
Rev. James Say re is intended, who was an in- 
habitant of this village the last years of his life. 
As he died near half a century ago, he was per- 
sonally known to but few of the present genera- 



REV. JAMES SAY^E. 15 

tion. I commenced my professional life in Nor- 
walk, and while I resided there, in 1797, during 
the session of a Court in Fairfield, I attended 
the meeting on the Sabbath, of the Congrega- 
tional Church, of which the Rev. Andrew Elli- 
ott w^as pastor. Mr. Say re supplied the pulpit, 
the only occasion on which I ever heard him 
preach. His manner vvas admirably suited to 
pulpit eloquence. In reading the Scriptures and 
delivering his discourse, it was perfectly unaf- 
fected, evincive of deep devotional piety, and 
powerfully impressive on the minds of his audi- 
ence. A breathless silence pervaded the con- 
gregation. All eyes were fixed upon the speaker. 
His sentiments were evangelical and interesting. 
How far this was a specimen of his performan- 
ces generally, I have no personal knowledge. 
But he left behind him the reputation of pos- 
sessing respectable talents and very conscientious 
and distinguished piety. His sentiments towards 
other denominations than his own were liberal, 
and he often supplied the pulpits of Congrega- 
tional Ministers. I cannot learn, by the brief 
inquiry which I have had opportunity to make, 
that he was ever the Minister of any Church in 
this place. He married the daughter of Doct. 
Forgue, of Fairfield, and, while here, resided 
with his family in the house which belonged to 
his mother-in-law, and was built by her father, 
Mr. Dennie, a wealthy merchant. 

This morning I have visited his grave, and 
taken from the headstone the following inscrip- 
tion : 



16 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

% 

Rev'd JAMES SAYRE 

DEPARTED THIS LIFE 

Feb'y 18, 1798, 
Mt. 53. 

* * * * ^ * 4«r 

Yours, very respectfully, 

R. M. s. 

Mr. F. G. F." 

Reference being made in the omitted part of 
this letter to a daughter of Rev. James Sayre, 
residing in New York, inquiries were made of 
her accordingly, and also of the husband of her 
deceased sister. From the latter, the following 
particulars were obtained : 

"James Sayre was born in New- York, Janu- 
ary 19, 1745. Died at Fairfield, February 18, 
1798. Three children were born at Brooklyn, 
James Dennie Sayre, Elizabeth Sayre, and John 
Sayre, all deceased ; the two first at Fairfield, 
Connecticut, the last at St. Mary's, Georgia. 
Mrs. Sayre died in December, 1797, and EUza- 
beth nine days after her father. It seems, from 
the dedication of one of the sermons, that he 
first studied law, and probably was induced to 
study divinity by his brother John, who was 
stationed at Fairfield. He preached at Freder- 
icksburgh [now Northeast, Dutchess Co., N. Y.], 
before the war. Upon the possession of New 
York by the English, he joined them, and was 
stationed at Brooklyn. The brothers both left 



REV. JAMES SAYRE. 17 

at the evacuatioii of New York, (or about that 
tune,) for Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. I 
think John Sajre went to England. James, 
through his friend, (Thad's Burr, of Fairfield, 
being an influential Whig of '76,) had leave to 
return, and appears to have returned next year, 
was settled at Newport for a few years, left about 
1788, and returned there again in 1795, and left 
in 1796, or near those dates. After this, he 
preached as a Congregationalist, [i. e., probably, 
he preached in those vacant Congregational 
Churches for w^iich clergymen of that denomi- 
nation were not readily procured,] and was hired 
to preach in several places w4iere there were 
vacancies. I recollect of his preaching at Green- 
field Hill, (my native place,) for some time, and 
was at the time of his last sickness engaged at 
the Congregational Society at Stratfield, (now 
at Bridgeport.) From his papers and other in- 
formation, he appears to have been well edu- 
cated, and understood the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, 
French, and German languages." 

The fact that there were at this period two 
ministers of the name of Sayre is here for the 
first time disclosed. Both, it appears, were na- 
tives of New York, — both were educated and 
ordained in England. John, the eldest, the Mis- 
sionary at Fairfield, it will be seen is the one 
first spoken of in the preceding pages ; James, it 
is now made certain, ii^as stationed at Brooklyn 



18 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

between five and six years — say, from May, 
1778, until or near the time of the evacuation of 
the British troops in November, 1783. 

Thirty-one of his sermons have been ex- 
amined, all of which have " Brooklyn" endorsed 
upon them, as one of the places where they were 
delivered. Two or three have the endorsement, 
" Brooklyn Church," but this is supposed by a 
venerable citizen who has been consulted to re- 
fer, not to any Episcopal Church then existing 
here, but to the Dutch Church, where, it is 
within his knowledge. Episcopal clergymen, as 
well as those of other denominations, were fre- 
quently invited to preach. One of the sermons, 
upon St. Luke, xix., 10, — " For the Son of Man 
is come to seek and to save that which was lost," 
— and which is probably the first preached after 
his ordination, is thus endorsed : 

" Sunday, a. m., Sept. 25, 1774, at St. Catha- 
rine's Church, London ; p. m., at a Church in 
Mark Lane. Sunday Evening, Dec. 18, 1774, 
St. Paul's, Philadelphia ; Christmas, a. m., St, 
Paul's, N. Y. ; Fredericksburgh, Sunday, p. m., 
Jan. 8, 1775; Huntington, Sept. 21, 1777; 
Brooklyn, May 23, 1779— July 29, 1781 ; Bran- 
ford, Aug. 21, 1785; N. Guilford, March 26, 
1786; Newport, March 4, 1787; Stratford, Oct. 
31, 1790." 

Another of the sermons, preached on the 30th 



HEV. JAMES SAYRE. 19 

of January, 1775, is upon Romans, xiii., 1, 2, 
" Let every soul be subject unto the higher 
powers. For there is no power but of God : the 
powers that be are ordained of God. Whoso- 
ever, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the 
ordinance of God ; and they that resist, shall 
receive to themselves damnation," This was 
the anniversary of the death of Charles L, a day 
which the Church of England has appointed to 
be annually kept in remembrance of that event, 
as a day of fasting, prayer, &c., " to deprecate 
the divine judgments," and as there were many 
indications that the exasperated feeling existing 
in the Colonies in regard to the arbitrary meas- 
ures of the mother country might, unless speedi- 
ly allayed, be the occasion of an open rupture, 
the preacher, as was quite natural, strenuously 
contended for that most tin- democratic doctrine, 
" passive obedience and non-resistance, ' as one 
clearly taught in the Scriptures, and earnestly 
admonished his hearers not to " resist the ordi- 
nance of God," but to " remain subject to the 
powers that be." 

The following dedication of this sermon, for 
it appears to have been printed, has given rise to 
the supposition, doubtless well-founded, that Mr. 
Sayre had been in the practice of the law before 
he entered the ministry : 



J20 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

'• DEDICATION. 

"To his respected Superiors, the Judges, and 
to his late Brethren, the Gentlemen of the 
Law, in the Provinces of New-York and Penn- 
sylvania (particularly), the following Sermon is 
inscribed by 

Their humble Servant, 

And affectionate (late) Brother, 

The Author." 

The following, which had before escaped no- 
tice, was found on a second examination of the 
Record of Baptisms : 

''Aug. 20, 1783. — John, son of John and 
Helena Van Nostrand. Copied from a certifi- 
cate of Rev. James Sayre, Minister of the Church 
at Brooklyn Ferry." 



FIlOx^ 1734 TO !7S9. 



In the spring of 1784, the Rev. George 
Wright commenced the Episcopal service in 
the house then known as A'^o. 40 Fulton street, 
(now about 43,) which was pulled down on the 
12th of March, 1784. Subsequently, the con- 
gregation removed to the barn of Mr. John 
Middagh, in the rear of his house at the corner 



R^V. GEORGE WRIGttT. 21 

of Henry and F niton streets, (standing in 1844,) 
and stiil later to a house built by the British 
troops at the corner of Middagh and Fulton 
streets, which was suitably fitted up for the pur- 
pose. 

In 1785, a union or partnership house of wor- 
ship was erected on the present Episcopal bury- 
ing-ground in Fulton street, for Mr. Matlack, an 
independent preacher, with whom a Mr. Wall 
was associated as Clerk. It was not long, how- 
ever, before several of those who liad taken a 
prominent part in the undertaking became dis- 
affected, and the building soon afterwards coming 
into the possession of some of Mr. A¥ right's 
members, it was thenceforward used by his con- 
gregation — being consecrated about the same 
time by Bishop Provoost. 

On the 23d of April, 1787, a Legislative 
act was passed, incorporating " The Episcopal 
Church of Brooldynl' in which the follovving 
persons were named as 

Trustees — Messrs. Whitehead Cornell, Mat- 
thew Gleaves, Joshua Sands, Joseph Sealy, 
John Van Nostrand, Aquila Giles, and Henry 
Stanton. 

Rev. Mr. Wright continued to officiate here 
until sometime about the middle of the year 
1789, when he appears to have left. He was 



22 ST. ANN^S CHURCH. 

for a few months at Jamaica, and then removed 
to HaUfax, in Nova Scotia, that Province having 
just been erected into a Bisliop's See, and the 
Rev. Dr. Inghs, of New York, appointed the 
first Bishop. 

Mr. Wright was a native of Ireland, and or- 
dained to the Ministry there before coming to 
this country. He was of rather slender consti- 
tution, and therefore often needed, and readily 
received, the nursing of some of those who, in 
the then dearth of Ministers, felt how great 
would be the loss of his pastoral services. 

He attended in behalf of St. Ann's the ses- 
sions of the Diocesan Convention for June and 
November, 1787, and November, 1788. There 
appears to have been no Clerical Representative 
in 1789. The Lay Delegates during this period 
were, in 

1786 — Aquila Giles, Joshua Sands. 

1787 — John Van Nostrand, Joshua Sands. 

1788— A. Giles, John Carpender, J. Middagh. 

1789— A. Giles, J. Sands, J. Van Nostrand. 



II. 

1739 TO 1792. ' 

The Rev. Elijah D. Rattoone succeeded 
Mr. Wright in the latter part of (perhaps Octo- 



REV. E. D. RATTOONE. 23 

ber) 1789,* and continued till Marcli, 1792, 
when lie accepted the Professorship of Greek in 
Columbia College, which station he held till 
1795, being also Assistant Minister of Trinity 
Church, New^ark, during most of the same pe- 
riod. He was a graduate of Nassau (Princeton) 
College. His name is recorded as the Minister 
of St. Ann's in the Journals of the State Con- 
ventions for 1790 and 1791, and for the latter 
year, he was Secretary of that body, and a 
Member of the Standing Committee. He was 
also Secretary of the Convention for the two fol- 
lowing years. In 1792, in connection with Dr. 
Beach and Dr. Benjamin Moore, he was ap- 
pointed to revise and correct the Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, then going through the press. The 
sermon at the opening of the Convention of 1793 
was preached by him. In the Convention of 
1797, he proposed a canon " for the better ascer- 
taining of the qualifications of candidates for 
Holy Orders." This was subsequently with- 
drawn or suspended by the mover, and the fol- 
lowing resolution, introduced by the Rev. Mr. 
Vandyke, and seconded by Mr. R., was substi- 
tuted : 



* He could at this time have been a Lay Reader only, as he was 
not ordained Deacon until the 10th of January, 1790. 



24 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

" Resolved, That the Clerical and Lay Depu- 
ties from this Convention to the General Con- 
vention be instructed to propose and advocate 
in that body the obtaining of a more effectual 
and guarded mode of ascertaining the qualifica- 
tions of candidates for Holy Orders ; and that 
the Bishop be requested to use his influence for 
the accomplishment of the same salutary pur- 
pose." 

The subject does not appear to have been 
acted upon. 

Mr. Rattoonehadthe charge of Grace Church, 
Jamaica, and St. George's Church, Flushing, 
from May, 1797, till 1802. He subsequently re- 
moved to the Diocese of Maryland, v/as Rector 
of St. Paul's Church, Baltimore county, in 1804, 
and was residing in the city of Baltimore in 
1808. The degree of D. D. had been conferred 
upon him, probably by Columbia College. 

He is still remembered by several of the older 
members of St. Ann's. 

The Lay Delegates to the Convention were, 

In 1790 — A. Giles, J. Carpender, J. Cornell. 
1791 — Aquila Giles, John Carpender. 



REV. A. HULL. 25 



III. 



Rev. Ambrose Hull, Deacon, followed Mr. 
Rattoone (1792) ; but he remained only a fev^^ 
months. Removing to the South, he succeeded 
to a large estate, and soon abandoned the min- 
istry. 

There was no Clerical Delegate to the Con- 
vention of 1792. The Lay Representatives 
were Messrs. Aquila Giles, John Van Nostrand, 
and Paul Durell. 



Mr. Wood, in his History of Long Island^ 
speaks of the Rev. Mr. Doty as officiating in 
Brooklyn about this time ; and it has been stated 
that the Rev. Mr. Fowler also preached here in 
the earlier period of the Church. The name of 
Doty does not appear in the record of clergy in 
the State of New York at all ; the Rev. Andrew 
Folder was ordained Deacon in 1789, and it is 
possible he may have preached here a few times 
after Mr. Wright left, and before Mr. Rattoone 
was called. In 1790 and 1791, he was Rector 
of the Church at Oyster Bay, and in 1792 and 
several follov/ing years. Rector of St. Peter's 
Church, Peekskill, and St. Philip's Church, Be- 
verly. 



26 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 



IV. 

FROM 1793 TO 1798. 



From the List of Baptisms, it would appear 
that the Rev. Samuel Nesbitt's connection 
with the chm'ch commenced in January, 1793. 
On the 22d of June, 1795, the Church was re- 
organized, and incorporated by the name of " St 
Anns Church" a title it had tacitly received 
some years before, in compliment, it is said, to 
Mrs. Ann Sands, who, with her husband, (Mr. 
Joshua Sands,) had been its most liberal donor. 
The building was refitted and painted blue, 
which some of our older inhabitants well remem- 
ber. Rev. Mr. Nesbitt was constituted Rector, 
and the following gentlemen composed the 
Vestry : 

Wa7'dens — John Van Nostrand, Geo. Powers. 

Vestrymen — Joshua Sands, Paul Durell, Jo- 
seph Fox, William Carpender, Aquila Giles, 
John Cornell, Gilbert Van Mater, Robert Stod- 
dard. 

Easter Monday was appointed as the time of 
holding future elections. 

Mr. Nesbitt represented St. Ann's in the Dio- 
cesan Convention for the years 1793, '4, '6, and 
'7. There was no Convention in '95. 



REV. S. NESBITT REV. J. IRELAND. 27 

The Lay Delegates for this period were, in 

1793 — A. Giles, J. Van Nostrand, G. Powers. 

1794 — Geo. Powers, Gilbert Van Mater. 

1796— J. Van Nostrand, G. Powers, P. Durell. 

1797— A. Giles, J. Van Nostrand, J. Fisher. 

Mr. Nesbitt resided in Nev/-York for some 
years, after retiring from the rectorship of St. 
Ann's. 



V. 

FROM 1798 TO 1807. 



Mr. Nesbitt was followed by the Rev. John 
Ireland, in 1798, but what time elapsed between 
the retirement of the one and the succession of 
the other, does not appear. It was during Mr. 
Ireland's rectorship that the Stone Church,* 
which preceded the present edifice, and the first 
erected on the ground given by Mr. and Mrs. 
Sands, was built and occupied, — being conse- 
crated by Bishop Benjamin Moore on the 30th 
of May, 1805, at which time, also, thirty-seven 
persons received the rite of confirmation. But 

* The walls of this Church were so much injured by the blowing up 
of a powder-mill in the vicinity, in the year 1808, that the building wf s 
thought by many persons to be very unsafe long before it was taken 
down in 1824. 



28 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

few particulars, however, bj which to form a 
judgment as to the state and progress of the 
Church up to and during this period, have been 
obtained. 

Mr. Ireland continued in charge of the parish 
until May, 1807. He was engaged for six months 
in that or the following year at Jamaica, L. I., 
and subsequently obtained the appointment of 
Chaplain in the United States' Navy, which he 
held until his death in March, 1823. He was 
a native of England, where he was educated, 
but received orders at the hands of Bishop Clag- 
gett, of Maryland ; and was Associate Rector of 
St. Paul's Church, Baltimore county, and after- 
wards Rector of St. Peter's Church, Westches- 
ter, N. Y., before coming to St. Ann's. More 
than ordinary intellectual endowments are con- 
ceded to him, and he was an attractive speaker. 

In 1804, there were reported to the Diocesan 
Convention, 20 baptisms, 18 marriages, 20 fune- 
rals, about 70 families, 77 communicants. 

In 1805, communicants 78, baptisms 51, mar- 
riages 19, funerals 15. 

In 1806, communicants 76, baptisms 41, mar- 
riages 21, interments 13. 

There were no Conventions in 1798, '99, and 
1800. Mr. Ireland represented St. Ann's from 
1801 to 1806 inclusive. 



REV. H. J. FELTUS. 29 

The Lay Delegates to the Convention were, 
In 1801 — Geo. Powers, Wm. Grigg, R. Hodge. 
1802 — Robert Hodge, Wm. Grigg. 
1804 — R. Hodge, W. Grigg, Wm. Fm-man. 
1805— R. Hodge. 
1806— R. Hodge, W. Grigg, Sam'l Sackett 



VI. 

FROM 1807 TO 1S14. 

The Rev. Henry James Feltus succeeded 
to the Rectorship of the Church in 1807. He 
was a native of Ireland, having been born in the 
city of Dublin in the year 1775, and emigrated 
to this country before he had reached his ma- 
jority. By the death of his father, Mr. Feltus 
w^as left at a very tender age to the care of a 
mother, who seemed conscious of the obligations 
and responsibilities which were now devolved 
upon her, both as a parent and a Christian ; and 
who, accordingly, while providing for the tem- 
poral wants of her young family, was careful 
also, to inculcate principles and habits that should 
prove a safeguard through the journey of life. 
Although deriving from the income of a school 
for young ladies a respectable support, she was 
yet unable to bestow upon her son what is termed 



30 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

a liberal education ; but we may safely infer, 
from his subsequent career, that no opportuni- 
ties for improvement that were placed within 
his reach were neglected. While yet a youth, 
he became a member of the Methodist Commu- 
nion, and was brought into contact with, and 
had the benefit of, the ministrations of such men 
as the Rev. John Wesley, Dr. Coke, and Dr. 
Adam Clarke — the last of whom extended to 
him his particular notice and friendship. 

Soon after Dr. Clarke's arrival in Dublin, he 
organized a Society, the object of which was to 
administer to the necessities of the poor, sick, 
and helpless strangers who thronged that city. 
This Society was composed principally of young 
men, who, Howard-like, went out into the high- 
ways and hedges, and into prisons, work-houses, 
and hospitals, extending relief to the needy, and 
holding forth the hopes and consolations of re- 
ligion to all. In this self-denying work, young 
Feltus was a prominent actor, and it doubtless 
contributed greatly to deepen that sympathy for 
the destitute, whether of worldly or spiritual 
good, which was characteristic of his after life. 

In 1794, Mr. Feltus was married to Martha 
Ryan, a young lady of deep piety, and of a 
spirit and zeal kindred to his own. In the spring 
of 1795, after spending some time in Liverpool 



REV. MR. FELTUS. 31 

with his friend Dr. Clarke, who was then sta- 
tioned in that city, he embarked for New- York, 
where he arrived on the 4th of July. He sub- 
sequently established himself at Elizabethtown, 
N. J., where for two years he was engaged as a 
teacher of youth, and occasionally as a preacher 
or exhorter among the Methodists. He then 
accepted an invitation to take charge of an 
Academy belonging to the Methodist Episcopal 
Church in the then upper part of the city of 
New- York. How long he remained here is not 
certainly known, but in the course of 1799, or 
the following year, he was admitted to the minis- 
try of the Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop 
White, of Pennsylvania ; and after officiating for 
some time at Easton, becam.e Rector of Trinity 
Church, Swedesboro', N. J. Here he remained 
until 1807, when he accepted the call to St. 
Ann's. 

It is the testimony of one who knew him 
well,* that his ministrations here were " greatly 
to the satisfaction of his flock." His unremitting 
attention to his parochial duties — his cheerful 
attendance upon, and affectionate demeanor to- 
wards the sick and dying, — together with his 



* The author of a small pamphlet published soon after the death of 
Dr. Feltus, from which some of these particulars are derived. 



32 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

popular talents as a preacher, " obtained for him, 
in a large degree, the esteem and love of his 
people. He had the happiness of forming a 
close intimacy with, and a strong attachment for, 
many of the congregation and others, which 
continued to the end of his life." 

Of similar purport is the testimony of those of 
Mr. F.'s charge here, whom the waiter of this 
has had the opportunity of consulting. Their 
reminiscences of him are most grateful, and high- 
ly commendatory of his amiable and Christian 
character, as well as ability in the pulpit. Some 
of those who joined the Communion under his 
successor, attribute their first serious impressions 
to the pastoral exhortations of Mr. F. ; thus 
affording another example of the truth of our 
Lord's saying, that " one soweth and another 
reapeth." Happy is the laborer whose faith 
assures him " that both he that soweth and he 
that reapeth shall rejoice together." Perhaps 
the more direct and pungent appeals of Mr. 
Henshaw may have had the effect to quicken and 
mature resolutions which had been incipiently 
formed during the preceding ministry.^ 



* It was during his residence here that Mr. F. experienced a most|afflic- 
tive dispensation in the death of his son, Wm. Feltns, a midshipman in 
the Navy, of great promise. This young man, at his own urgent request, 
had been entrusted to the care of the late Lieut. Col Gamble, who was 



REV. MR. FELTUS. 33 

He had attended the Diocesan Conventions 
during this period with one exception, when he 
was prevented by indisposition. On the question 
of the passage of the resolutions, in 1812, deny- 
ing the right of Bishop Provoost to exercise 
Episcopal authority in this diocese after his re- 
signation and the election of his successor, Mr. 
Feltus was excused from voting, as were also 



attached to Commodore Porter^s command in the South Seas. After 
the capture of a number of prizes, the Commodore sailed in the Essex 
from the Marquesas Islands, leaving Col. Gamble in charge of four of 
the captured vessels. A few days after, the men mutinied, and gained 
possession of one of the prizes, a heavy ai-med ship, called the Seringa- 
patam, and detained Col. G., who had been severely wounded in the 
conflict, and midshipmen Feltus and Clapp, as prisoners, until 10 
o'clock at night, and then set them adrift in a leaky boat. By great ex. 
ertions, however, Col. G. and his young companions succeeded in 
reaching the shore between two and three o'clock in the morning, but 
they had scarcely set their feet upon land, before they were attacked by 
the savages, when young Feltus, and three others who had not joined 
in the mutiny, were killed. 

The circumstance is thus alluded to in Col. Gamble's Journal : 
" Let any man of sensibility judge what my feelings are at this mo- 
ment — but two days since, they were put to the torture by a mutiny, 
and now to have a youth of sixteen whom I tenderly loved, and who 
possessed every qualification necessary to command respect and esteem, 
united with a great ambition to become a proficient in his profession, 
which he had already so far accomplished as to excite the admiration of 
every naval officer who knew him, cut off by cannibals, and that, too, at 
a moment when he was most dear to me, is a trial so agonizing as to 
render life almost a burden. 

" It will not appear strange that I should have formed a brotherly 
affection for a young man placed under my immediate care by his own 
request, whose mind was adorned with every virtue, and in whom I 
placed the most implicit confidence at all times, there being a cordial 
attachment and a wish on his part to execute all orders with cheerful- 
ness, and even to anticipate my wishes. He was an acquisition to the 
service, an ornament to his parents, and deserved a better fate, but it is 
the will of Providence, — I can truly say, I loved him tenderly." 



34 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Rev. Dr. Harris and Rev. Dr. Richard Ciianning 
Moore. 

The salary of Mr. Feltus being insufficient, 
with the greatest industry and economy, for the 
support of his increasing family, he wsls induced 
to accept a call to St. Stephen's Church, N. Y., 
many of the members of which had been his 
friends during his former residence in that part 
of the city. Accordingly, on the 15th of June, 
1814, he resigned the rectorship of St. Ann's, 
and not long after, entered upon his new charge. 

The Lay Delegates and Parish Reports during 
the continuance of Mr. F. here, were as follows : 

1807— R. Hodge, Wm. Grigg. 

1808 — Robert Hodge, Jas. B. Clarke. Com- 
municants 60, added 16, total 76 ; baptisms 24 ; 
marriages 11 ; deaths 12. 

1809 — R. Hodge, Wm. Grigg. Communi- 
cants 94; baptisms 28; marriages 15 ; deaths 
12. 

1810— Wm. Grigg, J. Cornell, J. B. Clarke. 
Communicants 110, [12 deaths and removals, 
added 28] ; baptisms 43 ; marriages 10; deaths 
22. 

1811 — Special Convention in May to elect a 
Bishop. Joshua Sands. In October, Dele- 
gates, same as in 1810. Communicants 112 ; 
marriages 12 ; deaths 10. 



REV. DR. FELTUS. 35 

1812 — Delegates same as in 1810. Commu- 
nicants 121, [remov'd 6, added 15] ; marriages 7. 

1813— Wm. Cornwell, John Cornell, Jas. B. 
Clarke. Commmiicants 120 ; baptisms 25; mar- 
riages 10 ; deaths 26. 

At the time of his resignation, (15th June, 
1814,) there were 123 communicants. 

The ministrations of ^Dr. Feltus were highly 
acceptable to the people of St. Stephen's, and 
they were faithfully continued for fourteen years. 

It is related by one of his parishioners, that on 
some occasion when an extra service had been 
appointed, the night unexpectedly became ex- 
ceedingly stormy. This, however, did not, as it 
was naturally supposed, prevent a large assem- 
blage. The hour for commencing arrived, and 
passed, but no Minister appeared. A con- 
siderable further time elapsed, and still he came 
not. At length, one of the Wardens read a por- 
tion of the evening service, and the people were 
dismissed to their homes. A few of the Rector's 
friends, anxious lest some ill had befallen him, 
called at his residence, and to their astonishment 
found him quietly seated at his fireside, l^he 
surprize became mutual, and not a little embar- 



* The degree of D.D. was conferred during his ministry at St i^te- 
phen's. 



36 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

rassing on his part, when he was informed that 
a numerous auditory had been rather impatient- 
ly awaiting his presence. He had scarcely ex- 
pected that any one Avould venture to brave the 
inclemency of the weather. The lesson was 
not lost upon him.* 

It was his practice to attend, and to open 
with appropriate religious exercises, the meetings 
of all the Societies connected with the Church, 
and this served especially to endear him to, and 
to encourage and stimulate to good deeds, the 
working members of his flock. 

The death of Mrs. F. occurred in 1816, and 
was most deeply felt and regretted. She is re- 
presented to have been a woman of uncommon 
excellence, and her character is thus drawn by 
the acquaintance and friend already referred 
to : 

" In all the relations of life, as a daughter, 
wife, and mother, she was pre-eminently distin- 
guished for the faithful discharge of every sacred 
and social duty. Of her it might with truth be 
said, that she displayed in her life those charac- 
teristic qualities of mind and heart, which the 
wisest of men has recorded as the distinctive 



* It much oftener happens that the Minister, punctually in his place 
at the appointed time, whatever the state of the weather, finds only here 
and there a solitary hearer — the absentees being generally those who 
might attend with the least discomfort or inconvenience. 



REV. DR. FELTUS. 37 

marks of a good and virtuous wife. 'The heart 
of her husband doth safely trust in her, — she will 
do him good and not evil all the days of her life ; 
her price is above rubies ; she stretcheth forth 
her hands to the poor; she openeth her mouth 
with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of 
kindness ; her children rise up and call her 
blessed, — her husband, also, and he praiseth her, 
for to him she is a crow n of glory.' " 

From this period until his own death, nothing 
occurred in the life of Dr. F. which is deemed 
of sufficient interest to be particularly noted here. 
His decease took place on Sunday, 24th Au- 
gust, 1828, in the 54th year of his age, after a 
painful illness of several weeks. Nine of his 
fourteen children survived him ; and although 
there was much in the circumstances of such a 
family, needing the protection and support of a 
parent, combined with the affection and venera- 
tion of his people, to attach him to life, he seems 
to have aw aited his summons w ith calm resigna- 
tion, and a confiding trust in his Saviour. To 
some inquiry of a valued female friend who had 
attended upon his ministry here, he replied, " My 
dear madam, I am in the hands of my heavenly 
Father. He knows what is best for me and 
mine — whether for life or death, for time or 
eternity — and let his holy will be done." 

The following: extract is from the No. of the 



38 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Christian Journal for the month immediately 
following the death of Dr. F. : 

" The genuineness and sincerity of his piety 
appeared in that trying hour of the near approach 
of death, when every insufficient dependence 
must fail, and nature, unsanctified and unaided 
by grace, must leave the sufferer without comfort, 
without support, and without hope. His illness 
was of three or four weeks' continuance, and 
afforded a blessed opportunity of witnessing the 
humility, the composure, and the triumph with 
which a Christian can die. He spoke much of 
the love of the divine Saviour, and the richness 
and sufficiency of divine grace. He warmly 
commended, as he strikingly exhibited, the car- 
dinal evangelical virtue of humility. He thought 
and talked much of the Church. He loved to 
have his brethren pray with him, when they were 
at his bed-side, and entered heartily into the de- 
votions. 

Thus, in constant spiritual communion with 
his God and Saviour, and in constant manifesta- 
tion of the faith, hope, and charity of the Gospel, 
he bore with exemplary patience and resignation, 
unusually protracted debility and suffering, and 
waited with calmness for the hour of his release. 
At length that hour came. God's holy day, 
which had nearly all been spent by him on earth, 
was closed in paradise. It was made to him, 
indeed, a day of rest, rest from the labors of the 
Church below, and a call to the blessed services 
of the Church in heaven. On the following day, 



REV. MR. HENSHAW. 39 

his mortal part was deposited, with the appointed 
hallowed rites, and in the presence of an im- 
mense concourse of weeping brethren, parishion- 
ers, and friends, beneath the chancel of his own 
Church, and in the same grave which, twelve 
years before, had received the remains of the 
wife whom he dearly loved." 



VII. 

JULY, 1814, TO JULY, 1817. 

Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw, 
Deacon, commenced his parochial duties in St. 
Ann's in July, 1814, at the early age of 22, hav- 
ing been born in Middletown, Connecticut, in 
June, 1792. He graduated at Middlebury Col- 
lege, passing the highest examinations, and re- 
ceiving the degree of A. B. at 16. The follow- 
ing year he spent as a resident graduate at Har- 
vard University, officiating at the same time as 
Lay Reader m the Church at Cambridge. Within 
two years after, he formed two congregations in 
the northern part of Vermont, and w^as ordained 
to the Deaconate on his 21st birth-day, from 
which time till his removal to Brooklyn, he had 
the charge of a church in Marblehead, Massa- 
chusetts. 



40 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Mr. Henshaw entered upon the discharge of 
his important trust here with the ardor of one 
under the all-pervading influence of a "first love," 
and did not leave unimproved any allowable 
means or persuasives to awaken his people to a 
just sense of their responsibihties. His appeals 
to the heart and conscience were so direct, and 
his exhortations to purity and devotedness of life 
seemed so reasonable and obligatory, that many 
"were not able to resist the wisdom and the 
spirit by which he spake." Yet to those who 
were " at ease in Zion," this " Methodistical sort 
of preaching" was greatly offensive, and some 
complained that "Church order" was violated by 
the prayer and other extra meetings which were 
held, and especially by those in which there was 
any union wdth other denominations. Notwith- 
standing this partial dissatisfaction, however, the 
Church may be said to have greatly prospered 
during this ministry. Several who then united 
in the Communion for the first time, are still 
members of St. Ann's, and ever "zealous of good 
works ;" and some of them are untiring teachers 
in the Sunday School. 

In a letter written in answer to inquiries as to 
the state of the Church at this period, Dr. Hen- 
shaw says ; 

" My own connection with St. Ann's, though 



REV. MR. HENSHAW. 41 

brief, awakens many pleasing and grateful recol- 
lections. I was very young at the time, and in 
Deacon's orders for two-thirds or more of the 
period, yet my labors met with acceptance far 
beyond their merits, and the register will show a 
very considerable increase of faithful communi- 
cants under my weak ministrations." 

]Mr. Henshaw was ordained to the Priesthood, 
and instituted Rector in July, 1816, and in the 
summer of 1817, resigned his charge, and removed 
to Baltimore, having been elected to the Rector- 
ship of St. Peter's Church in that city. He at- 
tended the Diocesan Convention of 1814 and of 
1815, but was absent from that of 1816. 

The Lay Delegates and Parochial Reports 
during this ministry were as follows : 

1814— William Grigg, John Cornell, Jas. B. 
Clarke. Communicants 124; baptisms 24; mar- 
riages 7 ; deaths 3. 

1815 — TheodosiusHunt, Fanning C. Tucker. 
Communicants 129 [removals and deaths 15, 
added 22] ; baptisms 24 ; marriages 9 ; deaths 
21. 

1816 — Joshua Sands, J. H. Moore. Commu- 
nicants 144 ; baptisms 38 ; marriages 20 ; deaths 
8. 

Contributions for 1816 — To Missionary fund, 
$72 70 ; Episcopal, $34 35 :— $107 05. 



42 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Since *Dr. Henshaw's removal to Baltimore, 
he has occupied a large space in the eye of the 
Christian public. Besides being peculiarly suc- 
cessful and blessed as a preacher and pastor 
among his own people, he has long been known 
throughout the Church, and out of it, as an elo- 
quent and persuasive advocate and expounder of 
Gospel truth. Among his published writings, 
" Theology for the People," and a Life of the 
late Bishop Moore, of Virginia, both of them 
large octavos, are the most considerable. He 
has published, also, " A Minister's Instructions to 
his People on the subject of Confirmation ;" 
"The Communicant's Guide ;" "Sheridan's Elo- 
cution, with Directions for reading the Church 
Service ;" " Lectures upon the Second Advent of 
the Redeemer;" "A Selection of Hymns for 
social Meetings and private Devotions;" together 
with several addresses before literary institu- 
tions, and a great number of sermons, — among 
which is that delivered at the recent triennial 
meeting of the Board of Missions. 

He has been a conspicuous member of the 
General Convention, and of the Convention of 
Maryland, and also of the Board of Missions. 



* The degrees of A.M. andD.D. were conferred by Middlebury Col- 
lege ; the latter after he went to Baltimore. 



REV. DR. HENSHAW. 43 

He was a member of the Convention which 
originated the " American Bible Society," and 
has held, if he does not still hold, the office of 
Director of the "American Tract Society." 

Dr. Henshaw was on one or two occasions a 
prominent candidate for the Episcopate in his 
own Diocese. In June, 1843, he was elected 
Bishop of Rhode Island, and on the 11th of 
August following, was consecrated to that high 
and responsible office in St. John's Church, Pro- 
vidence, Bishops Brownell, B. T. Onderdonk, 
Doane, Hopkins, Whittingham, and Johns, and 
between fifty and sixty other clergymen, being 
present. From the circumstance of Dr. Plen- 
shaw's being the first Bishop of this little Dio- 
cese (small as to territory), and that he may be 
said to have gone out — remotely at least — from 
among us, it is presumed the following brief ac- 
count of the consecration, copied from the Epis- 
copal Recorder, and written by one who once 
successfully labored in a portion of that interest- 
ing field, and is now gone to his reward,^ will 
not be deemed out of place : 

" Morning prayer was read by the Rev. Dr. 
Crocker, and the sermon was preached by the 
Bishop of Maryland, from the fifth verse of the 

♦ The late Rev. Dr. John A. Clark. 



44 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

seventeenth chapter of St. Luke, " Increase our 
faith." After certain introductory observ ations, 
the Bishop proceeded to show the necessity of 
an increase of faith, in the presence of Christ in 
the Church, in the indwehing of the Holy Spirit, 
and in the efficacy of prayer. These points 
were urged with the preacher's usual earnest 
fervor, addressing himself more especially to his 
brethren of the clergy, and exhorting them to 
strive by their exertions and teachings to pro- 
mote this desirable end. 

" The Bishop of Connecticut, being the senior 
Bishop present, then proceeded with the Conse- 
cration Service, Bishops Hopkins and Johns 
reading the Epistle and Gospel, and Bishop 
Doane the Litany. All the Bishops present 
united in the laying on of hands, and the whole 
service concluded Avith the Holy Communion. 

" The Bishop-elect was instituted as Rector 
of Grace Charcli, Providence, on the day pre- 
ceding the Consecration ; the sermon being 
preached by himself, in the absence of Bishop 
Johns, who was expected to discharge this duty. 
Divine service was held in Grace Church on 
Thursday and Friday evening. 

" The Bishop of Rhode Island enters upon 
the duties of his Episcopate under the most fa- 
vorable auspices. A Diocese so compact, that 
every parish may be reached in a single day's 
journey, — a clergy harmonious and true to the 
real principles of the Gospel, and the Church — 
a diocesan missionary organization, at once effec- 



-««k 



REV. DR. HENSHAW. 45 

tive and conservative — a people intelligent, and 
devoted to the interests of religion ; all these ad- 
vantages seem to make this diocese one of the 
most attractive fields of labor in the Church. 

" Our heart's desire and prayer to God is, that 
He will bless our brother in his new relations, 
and give him abundant success. We trust and 
believe that as in days past, so in days to come, 
the truth as it is in Jesus will, in this important 
section of the Lord's vineyard, be faithfully 
preached, ' truly received and truly foHowed.' 

" We have been informed that in proportion to 
the whole populrtion, the number of Episcopa- 
hans in Rhode Island is larger than in any other 
diocese. If so, this is a striking testimony to the 
wisdom and policy of the moderate and evange- 
lical spirit which has for many years character- 
ized the operations there pursued by the Minis- 
ters of our beloved Church." 

Bishop Henshavv has since been invested with 
the provisional charge of the Church in Maine. 

In his occasional visits to St. Ann's, though all 
have " heard him gladly," to some, additional in- 
terest has been imparted by the recollection that 
he was once their Pastor. 



*:6 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

VIII. 

FROM JULY, 1817, TO OCTOBER, 1819. 

The Rev. Hugh Smith succeeded Mr. Hen- 
shaw. He commenced his labors in the Parish 
in July, 1817, and with such assiduity and de- 
votedness as showed that no endeavors on his 
part would be wanting to render his ministra- 
tions acceptable ; and to a very considerable ex- 
tent these endeavors were successful. It is a 
rare thing, however, that all the members of a 
congregation are of " one heart and one mind" 
even as it respects their Minister. Some are 
not satisfied, when at the same time they might 
find it difficult perhaps to assign a reason for 
being otherwise. Mr. Smith and his predeces- 
sor were not the happy shepherds to witness en- 
tire concord among their flock. On the contra- 
ry, impatience under their teaching and a desire 
of change were so visibly manifest, at least with 
a portion of the congregation, — it may be a small 
portion, and from different causes in the two cases, 
— that both, after comparatively short periods, 
were induced to accept calls to other fields of 
duty, when it is probable a more kindly feeling 
and a more Hberal allowance for immaturity of 



x-^y^ REV. MR. SMITH. 47 

years and official experience might have secured 
their services for a long time. That these ser- 
vices were worthy of no mean consideration, 
their subsequent career has given abundant and 
honorable evidence. 

It is said, that one of the later sermons of Mr- 
Henshaw, before he left, was upon the words, 
" Behold, how great a matter a little fire kin- 
dlethl' which may be supposed to indicate in 
some degree the ruffled state of feeling in the 
congregation. 

The last Sunday but one that Mr. Smith re- 
mained was Communion. He had just received 
Priest's orders, and was therefore now^ for the 
first time empowered to administer that ordin- 
ance, which he did on this occasion without as- 
sistance, in accordance with his own wish. His 
text, from Luke xxii., 15, was pecuharly touch- 
ing and significant : — " With desire, I have de- 
sired to eat this passover with you before I 
suffer!' 

The subject of his last sermon was drawn from 
the 27th verse of the first chapter of Philippi- 
ans, " Only let your conversation he as it hecom- 
eth the Gospel of Christ ; that whether I come 
and see you, or else he ahsent, I may hear of your 
affairs, that ye stand in one spirit, with one mind 
striving together far the faith of the Gospel!' 



48 ST. ANxN'S CHURCH. 

It may readily be conceived, that, upon the point 
of separating from his charge, the mere utter- 
ance of these words must have subdued every 
feehng of unkindness, if any had been enter- 
tained ; but when the preacher proceeded to 
give vent to the reflections which, at such a time 
and under such circumstances were naturally 
forced upon his mind, it is said the entire audi- 
ence were greatly affected, and from the memo- 
ries of some of those present the vivid impres- 
sions of that hour are not effaced even to this 
day. 

Mr. Smith's pastoral visits greatly attached 
some of his parishioners to him, especially those 
who had been in circumstances of affliction. 

A Sunday School was established in the early 
part of this Ministry, and was at first kept in the 
Public School House at the corner of Concord 
and Adams streets, and afterwards, it is believed, 
in Stewart's alley, and then in a School Room 
in Middagh street. At the beginning, it em- 
braced two or three other denominations, but 
there not being a perfect agreement among them, 
a separation soon took place. The scholars 
were taken altogether from the poorest class, 
— Sunday Schools not being so well understood 
or appreciated then as now. Indeed, many peo- 
ple, when called upon by the teachers for their 



REV. DR. SMITH. 49 

children, expressed their surprize, sometimes ra- 
ther suspiciously and deridingly, at the extra be- 
nevolence that could urge to the humble work of 
going forth to solicit scholars, in order to teach 
them for nothing I The school was continued 
two or three years under Mr. Smith's successor. 
During some part of its existence, it was under 
the immediate superintendence or supervision of 
the Vestry of the Church. Mr. J. P. F. Clarke 
was also Superintendent at one period, and after 
his ordination in December, 1820, Capt. Da- 
shiel, a young officer of the Navy, whose Chris- 
tian character is highly spoken of, took the 
charge, and when he was ordered to sea, one of 
the teachers (Mr. Smith) had the principal di- 
rection. Several of the present members of St. 
Ann's were at different times teachers in this 
school. 

Bishop Hob art, in his address to the Conven- 
tion of 1817, reports his confirmation in St. 
Ann s, on the second Sunday of October, of up- 
w^ards of sixty persons. The parish register for 
this year, which was sent to the Convention, Mr. 
S. not being in attendance, reported 135 com- 
municants, 27 baptisms, 3 marriages, 14 deaths. 
Contributions to the Missionary fund, $42 00. 
Lay Delegates, Wm. Grigg and John Cornell. 

1818 — Mr. Smith was present at the Conven- 



50 ST. Ann's church. 

tion this year, as were also from St. Ann's, Wm. 
Cornwell, Wm. Grigg, Charles Hewlett. Com- 
municants, died and removed 9, added 11, in all 
137; baptisms 16 ; marriages 18; funerals 20. 
Contributions — Missionary fund $40, Episcopal 
$23 59. 

1819 — Mr. Smith was absent from the Con- 
vention, being about to resign his charge. J. H. 
Moore attended as Lay Delegate. Communi- 
cants reported, added 10, died 1, removed into 
the parish 2, present number 148, baptisms 21, 
marriages 19, funerals 20. Contributions — Mis- 
sionary fund $34 25, Episcopal $39 36. 

Mr. Smith was admitted to the Priesthood by 
Bishop Hobart on the 16th of October, 1819 ; 
and on leaving Brooklyn, assumed the Rector- 
ship of St. Paul's Church, at Augusta, Georgia. 
He remained there until 1831, when he re- 
moved to Christ Church, Hartford, Connecticut; 
thence, in 1833, to the Mission Church of the 
Evangelists, in New York ; and finally, in 1837, 
to St. Peter's Church, near the Theological Se- 
minary. 

Dr. Smith (the degree of D.D. was conferred 
by Columbia College, of which he was a gradu- 
ate, during his ministry at Augusta) is a native of 
New Utrecht, in this county. He has recently 
been placed somewhat conspicuously in the pub- 



REV. MR. ONDERDONK. 51 

lie eye by some of the ecclesiastical proceedings 
in this diocese. Whatever may be thought of 
the expediency or strict propriety of his course in 
the premises, surely no true Churchman or right 
minded man can fail to honor him for his firmness 
and disregard of personal consequences, in fol- 
lov^ing the convictions of duty, even although 
it should throw him into seeming hostility to his 
Diocesan and many of his clerical brethren. 



IX. 

FROM NOVEMBER 1819, TO OCTOBER, 1S27. 

Rev. Henry Ustick OnderdOxNK was insti- 
tuted Rector in November, 1819, and although 
the circumstances under which he catered upon 
his new charge were peculiarly trying and un- 
promising, the prosperity of the parish may be 
said to have realized all reasonable expectations 
during his long connection with it, and which 
was only broken off by his election and conse- 
cration as Assistant Bishop of Pennsylvania, and 
removal to that Diocese, in October, 1827. 
The number of communicants during this period 
ranged from 150 to 185. The opening of St. 
John's, in 1826, took off some 12 or 15, but 



52 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

additions soon brought up that number again. 
There were usually present at the communion 
from 100 to 130. 

The church building being considered too 
unsafe for much farther use, the corner stone of 
the present edifice was laid on the 31st March, 
1824, the Vestry consisting of the following gen- 
tlemen : — 

Wardens — Wm. Cornwell, Joshua Sands. 

Vestrymen — James B. Clarke, Robert Bach, 
Adam Tredwell, Fanning C. Tucker, John H. 
Moore, Robert Carter, Losee Van Nostrand, A, 
H. Van Bokkelin. 

Treasurer — William Cornwell. 

The new edifice being completed was conse- 
crated on the 30th of July, 1825. It is built on 
a stone foundation 90 feet long by 68 in width. 
The height is 34 feet to the top of the eaves, 
and 80 to the top of the tower. There were 
originally 150 pews ; some few have been 
added since. Fifty -four of those on the 
ground floor and three in the gallery sold for 
$18,300. 

The following notice of the Consecration is 
extracted from the ''Long Island Star,'' printed 
at the time : 

"Bishop Croes, of New Jersey, acted for 
Bishop Hobart, absent in Europe. The sermon, 



REV. MR. ONDERDONK. 53 

one of great ability and interest, was preached 
by Bishop White of Pennsylvania. Bishop 
Kemp of Maryland, was also present. Morning 
prayer by the Rev. Mr. Duffie, of New York. 
Lessons read by the Rev. R. B. Croes, Rich- 
mond, Staten Island. Sentence of Consecration 
by the Rev. Mr. Whitehouse. About twenty 
other clergymen from different parts of the Union 
were present, and a number of students of the 
Theological Seminary. The congregation was 
large, and deeply impressed with the solemnity. 
The venerable appearance of the officiating 
Bishop, and of the aged preacher, was particu- 
larly striking. 

" On the day following (Sunday, 31st) Bishop 
Croes administered the rite of confirmation in 
the new Church, and seldom, if ever, has a more 
affecting or a more beautiful spectacle been be- 
held — more than 70 [72] persons, most of them 
in the morning of life, circhng round the altar, 
and each receiving a solemn benediction from 
the venerable Ambassador of Christ. Many of 
the crowded audience were melted to tears; they 
were the tears of joy and hope, — of a lively 
pleasure, too moving to have any other than this 
silent and eloquent expression." 

What changes have occurred — what voids 
have been made and filled — in the twenty years 
which have elapsed ! Of those whe took part 
in the exercises of that day, most have departed 
from among the living. The three Bishops — 



54 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Kemp, Croes, and White, (the eldest last) — were 
successively transferred from the field of toil to 
the harvest of reward. Mr. Duffie was cut off 
in the midst, as it were, of his labors. And 
Bishop Hobart, who was represented on this oc- 
casion by the Bishop of New Jersey, was sud- 
denly stricken down while in the active discharge 
of his arduous duties. The Rector of St. Ann's 
has filled the place of the venerable Bishop of 
Pennsylvania. Mr. Whitehouse now occupies 
the pulpit of the lamented Duffie. And Mr. 
Croes is a Missionary within the Episcopal ju- 
risdiction of the then Assistant Minister of the 
aged preacher at this consecration. 

A new Parsonage was built and occupied in 
1826. It stood where Clarke street now enters 
Fulton street, and nearly opposite to the bury- 
ing ground. In 1834, the building was sold to 
Losee Van Nostrand, Esq., and by him removed. 

The Sunday School, commenced under the 
ministry of Mr. Smith, was (as before stated) 
continued for some time under Mr. Onderdonk, 
It got into a rather languishing state at last, how- 
ever, from the want of teachers or other cause, 
and was discontinued. Subsequently, a Female 
Sunday School, embracing, like the preceding, 
children of the poor only, was commenced at 
the suggestion of the Rector, and placed under 



REV. MR. ONDERDONK. 55 

the superintendence of Miss Mary Ann Wetiiiore 
(now Mrs. Alden Spooner), and by her con- 
tinued for three or more years. She was assist- 
ed by several of her week-day scholars. The 
school, on anniversary and other public occa- 
sions, united with that of St. Paul's Church, 
New York. 

Mr. Onderdonk attended the Diocesan Con- 
ventions while in charge of the Church. The 
Parochial reports and names of the Lay Dele- 
gates were as follows : 

1820 — JohnH. Moore, Chs. Hewlett, James 
B. Clarke. Communicants (1 death, 28 added), 
171, baptisms 30, marriages 9, funerals 15. Con- 
tributions, Missy $57, Episcopal $30 08. On 
the 2 2d October, Bishop Hobart admitted to the 
Priesthood, Rev. Wm. Barlow, of Canandaigua, 
and afterwards administered the rite of confirm- 
ation to 50 persons. 

1821 — J. H. Moore, Robert Bach, James B. 
Clarke. Communicants (20 added, 6 deaths) 
about 170, baptisms 53, marriages 19, funerals 
26. Contributions, Missy $52, Episcopal $35. 

1822 — [Report not obtained.] Rev. J. P. F. 
Clarke was admitted to the order of Priests in 
St. Ann's by Bishop Hobart, in December ; and 
there was probably a Confirmation also this year. 

1828— J. H. Moore, J. B. Clarke. Commu- 



56 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

nicants (removed 14, died 2, added 29) about 
170, baptisms 26, marriages 14, funerals 22. 
Contributions, Missy $56 90, Episcopal $32, 
Diocesan $15 75. " The Vestry have deter- 
mined to rebuild the Church on a large scale, 
and more than $12,000 have been subscribed 
for this purpose." 

1824 — Delegates same as last year. Commu- 
nicants (added 12, died 9, removed 6) about 170, 
baptisms 43, marriages 11, funerals 37. Contri- 
butions, Missy $56 90, Episcopal $37 15, Dio- 
cesan $15 75. "The new Church is now en- 
closed." 

1825 — Communicants (31 added) about 185, 
baptisms 64, marriages 13, funerals (many not 
of the parish) 59. The new Church was fin- 
ished and consecrated this year, and 72 persons 
confirmed, as mentioned above. 

1826 — [Report not obtained]. 

1827 — Fanning C. Tucker. Communicants 
(added 23, removed 8, died 4, joined St. Johns 
15) about 180, baptisms 64, marriages 15, fune- 
rals (many not of the parish) 15. Contributions, 
Miss'y $73 34, Episcopal $47 88, Diocesan 
$15 75. Bishop Hobart, 14th October, con- 
firmed 46 persons. 

Mr. Onderdonk was born in the city of New 
York in the year 1789 ; received his classical 



REV. DR. ONDERDONK. 57 

education in Columbia College ; was ordained 
Deacon in December, 1815, and Priest in April, 
1816 ; employed as Missionary at Canandaigua, 
from January, 1816, to the spring of 1818 ; then 
was Rector of the parish until November, 1819, 
when he accepted the call to St. Ann's. The 
degrees of A. B., A. M., M. D., and D. D., were 
conferred by Columbia College— the last, after 
his election to the Episcopate. The degree of 
Doctor of Divinity was also accorded by Gene- 
va College. 

Besides a few sermons and small tracts, and 
three charges, he published a pamphlet in Can- 
andaigua, two or three in Brooklyn and Phila- 
delphia, to help on the then new Hymns and 
the Selected Psalms, "Episcopacy Tested," &c., 
with the controversy, an "Essay on Regenera- 
tion," a small volume of "Family Devotions," 
some articles in the " Christian Journal," some in 
the "Church Register," many in the "Protestant 
Episcopalian," some in the "Banner of the 
Cross," and occasional ones in other papers. 

4t * -X: •«• -X- 7t -* 

Bishop Onderdonk tendered the resignation 
of his Episcopal jurisdiction to the Convention 
of Pennsylvania, in September, 1844, which w?3 
accepted, and the act was confirmed by the 
House of Bishops, in October, 1844. 

4 



58 ST. ANN'S CHURCH* 

X. 

FROM NOVEMBER, 1927, TO MAY, 1833. 

Rev. Charles Pettit McIlvaine was bom 
in Burlington, N. J., graduated at Princeton in 
September, 1816, prepared for the Ministry un- 
der the direction of the late Rev. Dr. Wharton, 
of Burlington (except about twenty months of 
the period, spent at the Princeton Theological 
Seminary), and was ordained by Bishop White, 
in July, 1820. Either towards the close of this, 
or early in the following year, he w^as invested 
with the charge of Christ Church, Georgetown, 
D. C, where he soon acquired the reputation of 
an eloquent and fearless preacher. It is remem- 
bered, that Mr. M's election to the Chaplaincy 
of the United States' Senate, at its session in 
1823 or 1824, caused quite " a sensation ;" and 
also that w^ar was waged against " the world, 
the flesh, and the devil," as exhibited in the offi- 
cial and " high circles" w hich gave him audience 
at the Capitol, with no less earnestness than 
with the same enemies manifesting themselves 
in !nore humble conditions perhaps, in his own 
parish. 

In 1824, or 1825, Mr. M. was appointed Pro- 



fefiV. Mr, MCtLVAlNE. 59 

Jessor of Moral Philosophy and Chaplain in the 
United States' Military Academy at West Point 
and in the fall of 1827, was invited to become 
Rector of St. Ann's. That he here addressed 
himself to his work with the earnestness, and 
hdehty, and fearlessness of one who feels the dig^ 
mty and importance of his station, and is con^ 
scious that, through Christ strengthening him he 
may do all things, is shown by the result—a nu^ 
merous, attentive, and attached congregation 
and a large and continued accession of Church' 
members. 

Soon after he came to the parish a Bible Clas« 
was commenced, which was well attended • and 
other week-day services, with occasional sea- 
sons for prayer, were appointed. In May 
1828, a Sunday School was established, having 
the Rector's commendation, encouragement and 
personal co-operation, which was soon in a flour^ 
ishiug condition, and became of much interest to 
the members of the Church. 

In the spring of 1830, the pastoral labors of 
Mr. M. had so much impaired his health, that he 
was induced, with the consent of the Vestry to 
visit England for its restoration. It being neces- 
sary for him to embark before he had an oppor- 
tunity of taking formal leave of the congregation 
he sent them a Pastoral Letter, containing such 



gQ ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

expressions of good will, and sucli godly counsel 
as the relation between them, thus temporarily 
suspended, seemed to require. , „ , ,„ 

The puloit of St. Anns, during the Rectors 
absenceNv;s supplied, for the first few w^eks by 
the Rev. Samuel Seabury, the present editor ot 
the " Churchman," and afterwards by the Rev. 

Chauncerj Colton. , 
Mr Mcllvaine's voyage out was protracted and 
boisterous, and he arrived too late for some of the 
most interesting of the English religious anniver- 
saries.* Daring his stay abroad, h. v.sited the 
scene of Legh Richmond's labors in the Isle of 
Wight an account of which was sent to the bun- 
da School. Towards the close of October, after 
an absence of about six months, he returned to 
his charge,-and, with restored health, and le- 
freshed spirits, entered anew upon hxs pastoial 
duties. ^ 

. Rev. Dr. Manor ^ then also in England, thus wrote, under date of 

June 14, 1830 : Mcllvaine did not arrive until after 

•a greatly regret ed that b^^^^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^ eoctety the several 

the anniversaries of the ^J'l f ^ 1^^^, Book and Homily Society, and 
Missionary f ocieties and the P ayej ^o^ ^ 1^,, exertions on 

that the unpleasant ^^^^f "P^",^ I subsequent meetnigs. 

two occasions, obliged l^^^^^^^f^'j/^^J^'Per of The newspaper reports, a 
As .xn evidence of tne ^ise^-fble characte^ o L^J^ ^^ ^1,^ ^^ni- 

day or two ago the speech ddiveted by brmhei^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^.^^ ^^^ 
vei-sary of the Md.tary and Nava Bible .oc y ^^^ ^ newspaper, en- 
correcuon by the ^^^^^^^^^JS^^ ,nany blunders. But, a ter 
deavoring to correct ^^^.^^^^f^ P^'j '^nt it back, with an intuTiat.on that 
all, It was so bad, that brother ^^^^^^^ "^^^^ \^ ^^^, be entirely sup- 
it was beyond correction, ana requeauuo i^ 
pfrestfed." 



REV. MR. MCILVAINE. 61 

The year 1831 was one of awakened reli- 
gious interest in the parish,^ which was mani- 
fested in the additions made to the numher of com- 
municants. This year, also, the Rector received 
calls from two important parishes, one of which 
was that of St. Paul's, Boston. Both were de- 
clined. 

In the winter of 1831-2, Mr. Mcllvaine, as 
" Professor of the Evidences of Revealed Reli- 
gion and Sacred Antiquities," in the University 
of the city of New York, to which he had just pre- 



* In the pai'ochial report of this year, the Rector says : 
" The congregation of St. Ann's, Brooklyn, under the blessing of 
God, is favored with a measure of harmony and general prosperity, for 
which he feels a debt of great thankfulness to the Shepherd and Bishop 
of souls. It has pleased the Lord, during the last year, to accompany 
the preaching of the word with signal evidences of his presence and con- 
verting grace. Many have been added to the number of the professed, 
and it is believed, faithful followers of Christ. The fruits of the Spirit 
have been manifested among the people, not only in their increased at- 
tachment to and attendance upon the ordinances of the Church. Bap- 
tism has been administered to more than twice as many as during any 
preceding year of the ministry of the present Rector. The Lord's Sup- 
per has had a large addition of Communicants. The several societies 
of the congregation are flourishing. A monthly meeting, in special re- 
ference to Missionary efforts, and for the dissemination of Missionary 
intelligence, has been productive of a considerable increase of affection 
for the Missionary cause. The Sunday School engages the warm in- 
terest of all classes in the Church, and is highly prosperous. Matiy of 
the teachers, and some of the elder pupils, have become hopefully pious, 
during the last year. The Bible Class has been well attended, and pro- 
ductive of eminent benefit to the minds and hearts of its members. The 
ordinance of confirmation was administered, in the spring, to 71 mem- 
bers of the congregation, almost all of whom are now communicants. 
Besides the Sunday services, there has been a regular lecture on Wed- 
nesday night ; and durins: Lent, and four weeks of preparation for con- 
firmation, there was another on Friday night. Before every Commu- 
nion Sunday, there has been a preparatory lecture in the Church; be- 
sides a meeting in the Sunday School room, at which, on the Saturday 
night preceding communion, the Rector has met the communicants for 
prayer and exhortation." 



62 ST. ANN'S CHURCH, 

viously been appointed, delivered at Clinton Hall, 
before the " Young Men's Society for Moral 
Improvement," a series of Lectures on the Evi- 
dences of Christianity, which were about the 
same time also presented, in substance, to his 
congregation. They have since been published 
in two octavo volumes, and received high com- 
mendation both at home and abroad. 

The summer of 1832 w^ill be remembered as 
the season of the cholera. Brooklyn did not 
escape the severe visitation, and during its entire 
prevalence here, Mr. M. was indefatigable in the 
performance among his people of all those duties 
w^iich are expected of a faithful and sympathis- 
ing Christian Pastor.* 

Mr. M. was elected Bishop of Ohio in Sep- 
tember, 1832, and consecrated, together with 
the present Diocesans of Vermont, Kentucky, 



* The following is an extract from the parochial report of 1832 : 
" Under the divine blessing, the condition of tliis congregation has 
bsen prosperous since the last report. Besides the usual services of the 
Lord's day, a lecture in the evening of Wednesday, and a large Bible 
Class on Tues;iay evening, have been sustained during all the year, ex- 
cept the three last months, and have been greatly blessed. During the 
late prevalence of disease, the congregation have met for prayer and 
hearing the word, at six o'clock in the morning, twice in the week. A 
spirit of zeal and liberality in behalf of Missions, prevails and increases 
in the congregation. The Sunday School flourishes, and is full. The 
utmost harmony reigns among the people. The Rector has abundant 
reason to be thankful. Although surrounded with pestilence, scarcely 
any of his flock retired from the town on account of it, and the church 
was never better filled. Many of the communicants were unwearied and 
unsparing in their attendance upon the sick and dead. Through divine 
goodness, only nine of the congregation, and only two communicants, 
died by the prevailing disease." 



REV. MR. MCILVAINE. 63 

and New Jersey, in St. Paul's Church, New 
York, on the 31st October following. He made 
a visit to his Diocese not long after, but did not 
enter permanently upon its duties until June or 
July, 1833, — remaining Rector of St. Ann's un- 
til the end of April. His farewell sermon to his 
people was published, and the following extracts 
will serve perhaps to revive, should they meet 
the eye of any of the congregation of that time, 
some of the feelings inspired by its delivery: 

" ' / am noiv ready to he offered, and the time 
of my deimrture is at hand. I have fought a 
good fight' &c., 2 Tim. iv, 6, 7, 8. Do not ap- 
prehend, my brethren, that I f<m going to be 
guilty of such an outrage upon all modesty as to 
apply these Vv^ords to myself, in the entire sense 
in which they were applicable to the circum- 
stances and ministry of that eminent servant of 
Christ from whose pen they were received. My 
chief reason in their selection is the convenient 
introduction they afford to such topics as I de- 
sire to embrace in the present discourse. * ^ 
Permit me, first, to take a brief survey of the past 
—And here I must begin by taking the cup of 
thanksgiving and speaking of the loving kind- 
ness of the Lord. It is now about five years 
and six months since we became associated to- 
gether. How eminently God has been to me, 
during that time, gracious and merciful, slow to 
anger and of great kindness, I shall never know 
till I have found the depth of my own unworthi- 



64 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

11 ess and have numbered blessings as many as 
the drops of the morning dew — as rich as the 
worth of immortal souls. I might dwell without 
ceasing upon the goodness of God to me in my 
individual and private capacity. I might raise 
an altar to the praise of God for his tender mer- 
cy to my family, which, while it has had death 
on every side, and has presented a mark which 
his shaft could easily have hit, and, during the 
last summer, inhabited the atmosphere of the 
pestilence, and was in and out among its victims, 
has scarcely been visited by a dangerous illness, 
and has been remarkably shielded from the usual 
calamities of life. But these are blessings to be 
remembered rather between parents and chil- 
dren, than the Pastor and his congregation. I 
w^ould speak of those w ith w hich you have been 
more particularly connected. I have a debt of 
gratitude for the peace and harmony which have 
characterized our mutual relations. If the sur- 
face has been sometimes a little disturbed, it was 
no more than the ripple of an hour, which a right 
sense of the infirmities which beset the best might 
easily excuse, and which the main current of 
brotherly kindness and charity never felt. I be- 
lieve it has been the happiness of very few of the 
Ministers of Christ to be blessed with a people 
more affectionate to them, or more at peace 
among themselves. My dear friends, you have 
been at least united in iDeing always abundant in 
kindness to one who would be glad to think he 
had made you a more adequate recompense. I 
do beheve that you have obeyed the injunction 



REV. MR. MCILVAINE. ('5 

of the Bible in esteeming him very highly in love 
for his vs^ork sake. 

" And here I cannot but remember, among my 
blessings, the kind and harmonious intercourse 
which has ever subsisted between the other con- 
gregations and Ministers of this town, on the one 
part, and this flock and myself on the other. We 
have not forgotten our respective peculiarities, 
nor lightly esteemed them ; but we have es- 
teemed, as unspeakably more important, those 
great points of agreement which bind together 
all the disciples of Christ into one family of bre- 
thren ; which form the basis of their common 
hopes, the features of their common spirit, and 
will unite them hereafter and forever in a com- 
mon and eternal inheritance of glory. The evi- 
dences of regard which I have received from the 
inhabitants of this town in general, and the 
Christian fellowship in which I have been per- 
mitted to live with the Ministers and members 
of other Churches, have contributed not a little 
to weave those bonds of attachment which now 
render the time of departure so painful. ' Let 
brotherly love continue.' 

" But the mercy which in point of importance 
infinitelv transcends all others in a Minister's 
course, is found in the fact of my unworthy la- 
bors having been accepted of God through the 
merits of the Lord Jesus, so as to be made effec- 
tual to the conversion of many souls to right- 
eousness, as well as the increase of others in 
faith and love. # # # * * 

"To what extent God has given me this 

4* 



66 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

blessedness, I will not say, lest I should seem to 
boast and to desire your praise. I cannot think 
of taking any honor to myself for a work in 
which the power was so exchisively of God, and 
my agency was no more than that of the clay 
upon the eyes of the man that was blind from 
his birth. * ^ But while the praise 

belongs to the Lord, mine is the boundless debt 
of thankfuhiess. How many do I see in this as- 
sembly whose countenances recall that affec- 
tionate passage of St. Paul : 'What is our hope, 
or joy, or crown of rejoicing ; are not even ye in 
the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ ? For ye 
are our glory and joy. For now we live, if ye 
stand fast in the Lord.' P^or each one of them 
I have a debt of love and gratitude that must en- 
dure forever. With each of them, I have a bond 
of relationship and of affection that must equally 
endure forever. In regard to all, I can say, with 
the venerable St. John, ' I have no greater joy 
than to hear that my children walk in truth. 

" But in taking a survey of the past, from the 
circumstances in which I now speak, one of the 
topics that rise most prominently, is the dis- 
cliarge of duty — how has this stewardship been 
sustained — have 1 fought a good fight, and kept, 
and faithfully contended for, the faith of the 
Gospel ] So far as the inquiry refers to the se- 
crets of the heart — the hidden things of thought, 
and motive, and affection, and spirit, it would 
not be appropriate to urge it in this public dis- 
course. My heavenly Father knows that in all 
my labors, 1 have been a poor miserable sinner. 



REV. MR. MCILVAINE. 67 

It is enough to have such a witness. So far from 
feeling any disposition to glory in any thing I 
have done, I can do nothing now, in relation to 
my whole ministry, but bring all its public and 
social acts — all my discourses, and all the spirit 
and feeling with which they w^ere delivered, to 
the fountain opened for sin and uncleanness, to 
Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, to the 
blood of sprinkling, to be washed from the de- 
filement of sin, and accepted through infinite 
grace. But still, I may say, in some important 
sense, * / have fought a good fight! I speak of 
the contest, in which I have been engaged, as 
good; and the modes and iveapons, that have 
been employed, as good, without reference either 
to the spirit or the skill with which the contest 
has been conducted. ^ % >k 

"■ I have made it an invariable rule in my dis- 
courses to hold forth Christ, Christ crucified, to 
dying sinners, as the resurrection and the life. 
* ^ * My sermon seemed 

never to have finished its course, till by some 
road or other it had arrived at the cross. My 
w^eapons always felt as if they had no power, till 
by some means or other they had been dipped 
in the blood of the cross. No passage of Scrip- 
ture has ever stood before me so much like a 
pillar of cloud by day and of fire by night, to 
guide me how and what to preach, as that which 
I have so often repeated, ' Of him are ye in 
Christ Jesus, ivho of God is inade unto us ids- 
do?n, arid righteousness, and sanctifi cation, and 
redemptionl 1 Cor. i. Blessed be God, for all 



68 ST. ANN^S CHURCH. 

that I have learned from this one precious text ! 
It lias been my pole-star. I ascribe whatever 
precious fruits God has given to my ministry, to 
my having been led to steer, amidst all varieties 
of modes and doctrines, by the unfailing light of 
this one truth, that Christ is made unto us wis- 
dom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and 
redemption ; that to lead sinners to Christ is the 
only way to lead them to wisdom and holiness, 
as well as to justification and redemption ; and 
consequently that nothing can be done to make 
men holy in heart and life, or happy in the hope 
of peace with God, but in proportion as they are 
led to set their affections directly upon Christ 
Faith and works, pardon and purity, are one in 
Christ Jesus. Out of his precious side came 
both water and blood. The same spear drew 
them both. Thus will he that cometh to Jesus 
derive from his death, by the same act of faith, 
as well the purification of his heart from the pol- 
lution of sin, as the justification of his soul from 
its guilt. Thus has it been my endeavor, by the 
help of God, constantly to preach." 

" Secondly. The time of departure naturally 
suggests anticipations of the future. Paul was 
leaving the world, and looking forward to his 
crown of glory. I am exchanging this beloved 
vineyard for a field of labor unspeakably more 
arduous, and self-denying, and responsible. 
Henceforth there is laid up for me, in all proba- 
bility, a great burden of care, with many trials, 
and I doubt not, many mercies. But of this I 
need not speak. Wherever the Lord may call 



REV. MR. MCILVAINE. 69 

me to do or suffer, I trast I can say without 
boasting, ' I am ready to be offered.' ^ * 

" Thirdly, the time of a Minister's departure 
is naturally one of counsel and exhortation. 1 
would say a word for my dear brother, who is 
now over you in the Lord, and whose pulpit this, 
so dear to me, has now become. I am sure that 
you have only to know him, especially as a la- 
borer for Christ and a Pastor from house to house, 
to love him as you have loved me, and whh much 
more reason. He knows how to preach the cross 
both in season and out of season. He needs no 
better commendation. I pray for him, that when- 
ever he stands in this desk, or is preparing to do 
so, he may be filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
may always ' come to you in the fulness of the 
blessing of the Gospel of peace.' And this also 
I pray, that when you hear the word at his lips, 
you will receive it, not as the word of man, but, 
as it will be, the word of God, which effectually 
worketh in them that believe ; so will it make 
you wise unto salvation." 

Then follows, " A word to those with whom" 
he had "broken bread," with an exhortation, 
among other things, " to cherish the Sunday 
School as the nursery of the Church, and to 
multiply such fountains of fight and heakh as 
widely as possible ;" " A word to parents," in re- 
gard to the religious education of their children ; 
and " A word to the young," especially those 
whom he " must leave without a saving interest 
in the righteousness of Christ." 



70 ST. Ann's church. 

The congregation had contributed a very con- 
siderable amount for the benefit of Kenyon Col- 
lege. Their liberality, the Bishop said, had al- 
together exceeded his expectations, and would be 
" long remembered as a precious testimony of 
their affection for him whose appeal they had so 
kindly met." 

The visits of Bishop M. to the parish, since 
his removal to Ohio, have been frequent, and al- 
ways gratifying to those who were of his flock 
here, as affording an opportunity either of a re- 
newal of personal intercourse, or of hearing from 
the pulpit the voice of one who was so " long time 
with them" in a most endearing relation. 

Since his entrance upon the discharge of his 
present trust, the Bishop has been so much be- 
fore the Church bv his official acts or his writ- 
ings, that this publication could hardly convey 
any information respecting him not already in 
the mind of every one. Besides sermons on va- 
rious public occasions, and addresses and charges 
to the conventions of his diocese, to which par- 
ticular importance has been attached by the dis- 
cussions that have agitated our communion, he 
has published a large volume on the " Oxford 
Theology," a work on "Justification," and an 
edited edition of " Melville's Sermons." 

He has made, also, a visit to England in pro- 
motion of the interests of Kenyon College. 



REV. MR. MCILVAINE. 



71 



The following table embraces the names of the 
Delegates to the Convention during this Rector- 
ship, and a summary of the parochial reports : 



1828- 



-Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine. 
No Laymen attended. 
Baptisms (infants 31, 

adult 1) - 

Marriages - - - 

Funerals - - - 

Communicants (added 

32, died 3, removed 

2) - - - 



32 
10 
40 



- 195 



1829- 



Collections — Mission- 
ary Society - ;^89 

-Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine. 
Matthew Clarkson. 
Fanning C. Tucker. 
Jehiel Jaggar. 
Baptisms - - - 
Marriages - - - 
Funerals - - - 
Communicants (added 
33, removed 13, died 
6, erased as not ac- 
counted for, being re- 
ceived from late Rec- 
tor 12) known 



00 



37 
11 
31 



194 



Collection— Miss'y, $61 00 
Episcopal - 44 29 
Diocesan - 18 75 



S124 04 

1830 — (Rector absent. No pa- 
rochial report.) 
Fanning C. Tucker. 
Joshua Sands. 
Matthew Clarkson. 

Collection — Missions, Do- 
mestic - ^248 81 
Foreign - 132 06 

Liberia - 7 00 

Greek Missions, 

from a Friend 50 00 
To constitute the 
Rector patron 
of Miss, Soc. 



and by him gi- 
ven to G'k M., 100 00 



S537 87 



1831— Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine. 

Robert Bach. 

John M. GJ amble. 

Baptisms (children 68, 
adults 16) - - 84 

Marriages •• - - 21 

Communicants (added 
88, removed and de- 
ceased 45) - - 254 

Confirmed - - - 71 

Collection— Miss. S461 70 
Sunday School, 150 00 
B. and P. B'k Soc. 90 00 
Colonization Soc. 43 20 
Self-support'g Sch. 

in Delaware, 100 00 
To the Poor, 200 00 
Prot.Ep Ed. Soc. 200 00 



SI, 245 39 

1832~Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine. 
F. C. Tucker. 
John M. Gamble. 
Baptisms (children 26, 

adults 9) - - 35 

Marriages - - - 14 
Communicants (added 

59, died or rem. 21) 292 

Collection— S. S. S120 20 
B. and P. B'k Soc. 55 44 
For the Poor, 400 00 
Diocesan Fund, 15 00 
Diocesan Miss. 118 03 
D. & For. Miss. 854 00 
Ch. atFayetteville, 82 77 
Ed. of Candidates 

for Ministry, 200 00 



l,S45 44 



7?^ ST. ANN^S CHURCH. 

XI. 

FROM MAY, 1833, TO JANUARY, 1845. 

So far it has been our province to speak of 
those who have either ceased from their earthly 
labors, or are engaged elsewhere in the Master's 
service, and whose ministry here, therefore, may 
pass under review, or be made the subject of de- 
corous remark, without any infringement of con- 
ventional rules. We have now to refer to what 
is present and before us, and hence our duty is 
greatly more difficult, because more delicate. 
Yet, surely, we may be permitted to " speak of 
the things we have seen," and to avail of that 
knowledge of others which may legitimately sub- 
serve the object proposed— that of embodying the 
leading incidents in the history ,of our Church. 

Rev. Benjamin Clarke Cutler is a native 
of Jamaica Plains, Roxbury township, Massa- 
chusetts. It is said that his determination to 
enter the Ministry cost him a severe struggle ; 
not, indeed, that he did not sufficiently realize 
the obligations of his Christian profession, but 
his thoughts and inclination had long been 
turned towards another pursuit, in which he was 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 73 

then actively engaged. The Episcopal Chiircli 
in Massachusetts at this time (1817 or 1818) 
was in a very low state, small in numbers, and 
exhibiting little comparatively of that life and 
spirituality by which it has since been char- 
acterized. It was greatly felt, that active and 
zealous men were needed in the Ministry, and 
Mr. Cutler's friends earnestly besought him 
to commence a course of preparation for this 
work. Their importunities — according, proba- 
bly, with his own convictions of duty, after ma- 
ture reflection and prayer — at length prevailed ; 
and after passing the usual collegiate period at 
Brown University, he graduated in September, 
1822. His theological studies were prosecuted 
under the direction of the lit. Rev. A. V. Gris- 
wold. Bishop of the Eastern Diocese, by whom 
he was admitted to the order both of Deacon 
and Priest, — to the latter, with the Rev. Theo- 
dore Edson, in St. Ann's Church, Lowell, at 
the time of the consecration of that Church, in 
March, 1825. 

His first charge was that of " Christ Church," 
Quincy,^ in the vicinity of Boston, where he 



* The Gospel Advocate of this period thus speaks, in reference to the 
ordination and settlement of Mr. Cutler: 

" This ordination is an event of peculiar interest to the Church at 
large, and particularly to the society at Uuincy. For many years that 
parish, having been destitute of a Rector, has been m a low and de- 



74 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

remained for seven years, and where his la- 
bors were much blessed. The communicants 
increased ten fold, — from eight or nine to nine- 
ty, — the Church was twice enlarged, and before 
he left a subscription was opened for the erec- 
tion of a new edifice, which was accomplished 
under his successor. Christmas, 1827, complet- 
ed a century from the formation of the Church, 



pressed state, though they have sometimes been suppHed with lay 
readers, and have occasionally had tlie services of clergymen. We 
trust, however, they are no longer to be dependent upon occasional as- 
sistance, but that the gentleman now admitted to orders will long con- 
tinue with them, and prove to them, and to those who may hereafter 
become connected with them, a faithful watchman upon the walls of 
Zion. May the great Head of the Church vouchsafe his blessing upon 
them. It may not be amiss to state that the venerable ex-President 
John Adams [who was present at the ordination] has given to this so- 
ciety the privilege of taking from his quarry a sufficient quantity of stone 
to erect a church whenever they are disposed to avail themselves of the 
gift." 

On opening a subscription, some time afterwards, to build a new 
church, the question was agitated, in reference to the liberal offer of Mr. 
Adams, whether the stone should be used in a hewn or rough state* 
Mr. Cutler's opinion was thus given : 



***** 
But Nature's humble vale demands 
No costly offerings at our hands. 

Her temples, like her hills, should rise 
In simple grandeur to the skies ; 
Her altars, like her offerings, be 
Ample, and true, and pure, and free. 

The stones the patriarch Jacob found, 
His prayers and tears made holy ground, — 
Un/icwn, unpotisli^d, in his hands, 
The altar of the desert stands. 

The new edifice, however, was not commenced until after Mr. C. had 
left the parish, and then it was preferred to construct it of wood! 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 75 

and in a sermon preached by Mr. C. on the oc- 
casion, much interesting information as to its 
history is given. Its first Rector was Rev. Ebe- 
nezer Miller, a graduate of Harvard University, 
ordained by the Bishop of London, and em- 
ployed by the " Society for propagating the Gos- 
pel in foreign parts," which contributed £60 a 
year for his support. His ministry continued until 
his death in 1763, a period of thirty-six years. 
Rev. Edward Winslow, also a graduate of Har- 
vard, follow^ed. After the commencement of the 
Revolutionary War, thinking it inexpedient to 
use the prayers for the Royal family, and being 
unwilling to perform the service without them, 
he came to New York, in which city he died 
some years afterwards, and was buried under the 
altar of St. George's Church. From 1777 to 
1784, Mr. Cleverly, who is spoken of as a very 
worthy man, officiated as lay reader ; and from 
the latter date until 1822, the Church was only 
occasionally opened, as the assistance of clergy- 
men or lay readers could be obtained. It ap- 
pears that the venerable Society above named 
continued the ^£60 a year towards the salary of 
a Minister for this Church for half a century — 
amounting altogether to more than $13,000 ! 
The following paragraph of the sermon is in al- 
lusion to this fact : 



76 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

*' The friends of religion have spared no ex- 
pense in furnishing this Church with the means 
of grace. Let us he ready to furnish them to 
others with the same hberahty. Let destitute 
Churches in this State, and in the Western fo- 
rests, never plead in vain ; and even should the 
cry come to our ears from perishing milhons over 
the waters, let us remember, that the cries of this 
very Church were heard for fifty years continu- 
ally across the Atlantic ; and that 3000 miles of 
ocean afforded no excuse for withholding aid. 
* Freely ye have received, freely give.' " 

The reader will not fail to perceive that the 
Minister at Quincy gives here at least an intima- 
tion of the views in regard to Missions, which 
have since been more fully developed by the 
Rector of St. Ann's. 

In 1829, ill health compelled Mr. C.to relin- 
quish, temporarily, his professional labors, and to 
travel. It was his intention to return to the pa- 
rish should his health become re-established, but 
this hope not being realized, he formally resigned 
the rectorship in the following year. 

In a voyage to Savannah (accompanied by 
Mrs. C, and his sister and family), he encoun- 
tered a violent gale off Cape Hatteras, and for 
seventy-two hours was in momentary expecta- 
tion of being engulphed in the deep. The Sun- 
day after his arrival at Savannah, he preached 



REV. MR. CUTLER- 



11 



in '' Christ Church" in that city from the words, 
" What shall I render unto the Lord for all his 
henejits /" His heaUh continuing to dechne, he 
made a journey on horseback to Saco, in Maine, 
where, in July, 1830, he took charge of " Trini- 
ty Church," for three months ; but in the fear of a 
northern winter, a temporary call was accepted to 
three parishes in Loudoun county, Virginia,— 
Leesburg, Aldie, and Middleburg. While here, 
Ml-. C.— still, apparently, in a state of bodily 
weakness— wrote to his late parishioners at 
Uuincy an affectionate and affecting farewell 
letter, in which he referred to the circumstances 
which prevented his taking personal leave of 
them the previous summer, and reminded them 
generally that the warnings and instructions he 
had given during his ministry among them stood 
charged against them and against him, as either 
"faithfully or unfaithfully delivered and received, ' 
and they were enjoined to consider, whether 
these instructions and warnings, imperfect as 
they may have been, would not, if unimproved, 
leave them without excuse in the day of account. 
The communicants were addressed as his immor- 
tal relatives, with whom, already "joined in spi- 
rit," he anticipated a "joyful meeting" where 
there would be no more separation. He exhort- 
ed them to be " earnest," to be " humble," to be 



^S ST. ANN^S CMURCil. 

" charitable," in their rehgion — not charitable in 
any sense that imphes indifference as to what 
men beheve, but which " makes allowances for 
men, both as to what they believe and what they 
do." They were urged to continual reading and 
meditation upon the Bible ; there they " would 
see charity described." " Go," said he, " to the 
Bible to learn your doctrines ; hear your preach- 
er, but hold fast your Bible." They were ex- 
horted, also, to " be steadfast and unmovable" as 
" members of a pure and Gospel Church," and 
not to be " carried away by divers and strange 
doctrines." Commending his successor to their 
kindness and prayers, he bade them '' farewell," 
pointing them to " the right hand of God" as the 
goal at which they should strive to meet, when 
" the trials and wanderings of life" were past. 

An invitation was extended to Mr. C. to be- 
come Rector of Grace Church, Providence, but 
continued dehcate health induced him to decline 
it. A call some time afterwards to the Mission 
Church of the " Holy Evangelists," in the city 
of New York, was accepted. 

During the eighteen months of his ministry 
here, commencing the 8th of December, 1831, 
he was " instant in season and out of season" in 
the discharge of his varied duties, and his labors 
were cheered by the prosperit;^ of the Mission, 



REV* MR. CUTLER. t9 

and the satisfaction of all who were in any wise 
connected with it. About sixty persons were 
added to the communion, Sunday and Infant 
Schools, numbering more than four hundred 
children, were established, and from $1000 to 
$1200 distributed through his hands to the poor. 
His intercourse with the members of his charge, 
which, from the prevalence of the cholera, and 
from their peculiar state and condition, was ne- 
cessarily frequent, and consumed his entire time 
during the week, so commended him to their af- 
fections, that the separation from them, when it 
came to be made, showed the exceeding strength 
of the tie that united them. Perhaps the con- 
nection of Pastor and people was never dissolved 
with a greater sacrifice of feeling, produced in 
this instance rather through the urgency of 
friends than from a desire of the Missionary to 
leave his interesting field of labor. 

Mr. Cutler was called to St. Ann's on the 11th 
of February, 1833, was instituted into the rec- 
torship on the 21st of April, and opened his 
ministry here on the first Sunday in May, with 
this text, " Not by might, nor by power, but by 
my Spirit, saith the Lord,'^ Zech. iv, 6. 

To a casual observer, looking to the "things 
that do appear" merely, and without any refer- 
ence to that sustaining grace upon which the 



80 St. ANNS CHURCil. 

true Christian Minister so entirely relies, there 
might seem in the prospect much to intimidate 
and discourage. The peculiar acceptableness of 
Mr. McIlvTcine's pulpit ministrations, the readi- 
ness of his extemporaneous efforts, the favorable 
impression which the delivery and publication of 
his Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity 
produced, and his recent elevation to the Episco- 
pate, added to the remembrance of his deportment 
during the pestilence of the previous summer, 
gave him a strong hold upon the sympathies and 
affections of those with whom his pastoral rela- 
tions were now to cease. Under these circum- 
stances, — and considering the tendency of even 
miessential differences, more or less prevaihng in 
all congregations, to disunite the members on 
every change of Minister, who is for the time a 
common bond of union,— it would not have 
been matter of surprize if his successor had failed 
to meet, at once, with that appreciation and fa- 
vor which otherwise could not be withheld. No 
higher commendation, therefore, of the new in- 
cumbent need be desired than the fact, that the 
interest in the instructions from the pulpit re- 
mained undiminished, that entire union and 
peace continued to reign in the parish, and that 
the income of the Church very considerably ad- 
vanced. The present and late Ministers, drink- 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 81 

ing continually at the same exhaustless fountain 
of Truth, imbibed as a consequence the same 
spirit, and the gifts of each, though differing in 
their nature, were by the divine blessing made 
effective to the same great end. 

St. Ann's had already shown an interest in the 
Missionary cause, and that interest was not now 
suffered to decline. The new Rector had, from 
the beginning of his ministry, as before intimated, 
been an ardent advocate of Missions, in the 
largest sense of the term. He had contended 
that it was the duty of the Church to engage in 
and carry on the Missionary work, and that she 
could not at all discharge her obligations, or in- 
deed be a living Church, without being so en- 
gaged. " Go preach the Gospel to every crea- 
ture," was a command which, in its spirit at 
least, was held to be binding on all " who named 
the name of Christ." In commencing his min- 
isterial duties here, therefore, he at once approved 
of and continued the monthly meeting for prayer 
and the communication of Missionary intelli- 
gence, as the most certain method of keeping 
alive and increasing the Missionary spirit. 

On the recognition by the Church, through 
the General Convention of 1835, of the prin- 
ciple above referred to, the establishment of 
the Board of Missions, and the appointment of 

5 



82 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

the Domestic and Foreign Committees to su- 
perintend and conduct the Missionary opera- 
tions, the Rector of St. Ann's became a hfe 
member of the Board, and a member of the Fo- 
reign Committee. The duties of this Commit- 
tee, to wliich he has been regularly re-elected 
since, have engaged much of his attention and 
time, and on two or three occasions, in the low 
state of the Missionary treasury, he has under- 
taken journeys for the purpose of presenting the 
subject to the Churches, and obtaining the ne- 
cessary aid to prosecute the work in hand. Du- 
ring all this period, whatever may have been the 
immediate embarrassments, or difficulties to be 
surmounted, or the disheartening aspect of the 
future, and whoever else may have desponded, 
he has never at all relaxed his exertions to swell 
the amount of funds, in which he has ever 
found a ready response from his people, nor — 
with a momentary exception, perhaps — faltered 
in his confidence that the existing arrangements 
to carry on the Missionary work would eventu- 
ally be sustained by the Church at large. 

Mr. Joseph Sands, a member of the Vestry, 
has also represented this Church for several years 
in the Board of Missions. 

Among the first acts under the new rector- 
ship was the establishment of the Second Sun- 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 83 

day School^ in order to provide instruction for 
those children of the parish who could not gain 
admission to the other school on account of its 
already crowded condition. It was for a con- 
siderable period embarrassed and restricted in its 
benefits by the want of a suitable room, but after 
much exertion on the part of the Minister, and 
persevering self-denial and patience of the Super- 
intendent and teachers, this was obviated. The 
Sunday Schools have ever been regarded by the 
Rector with affectionate interest and solicitude, 
and considered as a blessed means of sowing in 
the young heart that good seed which alone can 
"bring forth fruit unto eternal life." That this 
interest and solicitude suffer no diminution, is 
evinced by his continued visits and instructions, 
even wdien bodily weakness and the pressure of 
other duties would readily excuse their omis- 
sion. 

A Bible Class was commenced in the early 
part of the present Ministry, and continued for 
soQie time, when, being found to encroach on 
other meetings and duties, it was suspended. 

Extra services have been held in each season 
of Lent, both in the Church and Chapel. In 
the years 1834 and 1835, an early hour of the 
morning was set apart for this purpose, when 
the attendance was very respectable, and the pe- 



84 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

riod was marked, as perhaps in some other 
years, by great interest and solemnity. 

Several lectures on the leading doctrines of 
the Bible, as interwoven into the liturgy and ser- 
vices of the Church, were delivered about this 
period. 

At each recurring season of Confirmation in 
the Church, a series of preparatory lectures and 
instructions, particularly adapted to the subject, 
has been addressed by the Rector to those who 
were looking to a participation in this rite, and 
to others feeling sufficiently interested to be 
present. 

In the fall and winter of 1842-3, a course of 
(Wednesday evening) lectures was delivered, on 
The Life and Character of St. Paul, which 
were heard with much interest and edification. 
Great importance was attached in some of these 
lectures to preparation, — study, — acquisitions, — 
to a right and successful discharge of the minis- 
terial office ; and the Apostle Paul was in- 
stanced as an eminent example of a Minister 
thoroughly furnished for his work. It is gratify- 
ing to remember, how entirely the views then 
taken on this subject corresponded with those 
recently set forth in St. Ann's by a respected 
brother Presbyter, and three of our venerated 
Bishops. 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 85 

The general scope of these lectures may be 
gathered from the principal points discussed, and 
the texts, as here presented : 

I. General character of St. Paul's piety. 2 Cor, xi, 22, 23 — "Are 
they Hebrews'? so am I. Are they Israelites 1 so am I. Are 
they the seed of Abraham 1 so am I. Are they Ministers of 
Christ 1 (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abun- 
dant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in 
deaths oft." 

II. Paul the Persecutor. Acts ix, 1. 2 — *•' And Saul, yet breathing 
out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the 
Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters 
unto Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this 
way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them 
bound unto Jerusalem." 

III. Paul the Convert. Gal. i, 23—" But they had heard only, That 

he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith 
which once he destroyed." 

IV. Paul the Convert (continued). 1 Tim. i, 16 — " Howbeit, for 

this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might 
shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which 
should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting." 
V. Paul called to the Ministry. Gal i, 15, 16— "But when it 
pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and 
called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might 
preach him among the heathen ; immediately I conferred not 
with flesh and blood." 
VI. Paul the Preacher: 1, Evangelical. 1 Cor. i, 17 — " Christ sent 
me not to baptise, but to preach the Gospel, not with wisdom 
of words, lest the cross of Chri&t should be made of none effect.' 
VII. Paul the Preacher (continued) : 2, Experimental ; 3, Controver- 
sial; 4, Successful. 2 Cor. iv, 13 — " We having the same 
spirit of faith, according as it is written, 1 believed, and there- 
fore have I spoken ; we also believe, and therefore speak." 
VIII. Paul triumphant in death. 2 Tim. iv, 7 — " I have fought a good 
fight, I have finished my course/' &c. 

If the space could be spared, an insertion here 
of the texts which have formed the leading sub- 



86 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

jects of discourse for a series of years would 
doubtless be both acceptable and profitable, as 
assisting; the recollections of those who heard 
them, and as giving to others an idea of the ge- 
neral character of the preaching which it is the 
privilege of the members of this Church to enjoy. 
It may suffice to say, however, that " Christ cru- 
cified" — Christ the only and all-sufficient Sa- 
viour — has emphatically marked these ministra- 
tions. Amidst all other topics, this great truth 
has never been forgotten, or overlaid, or thrust 
out of its due prominence in the Gospel por- 
traiture. Nor must another characteristic be 
passed over, — the entire absence of a controver- 
sial spirit. While there has never been any 
concealment of opinions, the points in dispute 
between different parties in the Church have not 
been unnecessarily obtruded into the pulpit. 
Error has been combatted or reproved, less by 
any direct exposure of its gloss or enormity, than 
by holding up for reception or approval its op- 
posite truth. The flock has been uniformly led 
beside " the still waters," as well as " in green 
pastures." 

Two hundred and thirty-five persons have 
been confirmed, in St. Ann's, at five different 
times, during the present rectorship, and five 
others of the congregation were confirmed in St. 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 87 

John's, in February, 1839 — making in all, two 
hundred and forty. 

There have also been, up t'' '^ first of Ja- 
nuary, 184:5, seven hundred nnd Jifteen baptisms, 
one hundred and sixty-four marriages, and three 
himdred and sixty burials. 

On the 24th of April, 1836, an ordination was 
held in St. Ann's, when the Bishop of the Dio- 
cese admitted the Rev. Wm. W. Niles to the 
Priesthood, and Mr. Calvin Colton and Mr. Na- 
thaniel P. Knajyp to the order of Deacons, the 
Rector of the Church and the Rev. Mr. Diller, 
then of St. John's, assisting in the services. On 
Sunday, the 3d of November, 1844, the Bishop 
of the Diocese admitted to the order of Deacons 
Mr. Alfred Augustine Watson. The sermon 
was preached by Bishop Kemper, and the can- 
didate presented by the Rector, Rev. Mr. Ban- 
croft, Assistant Minister of the Church, reading 
the lessons. Mr. Knapp and Mr. Watson had 
long been members of St. Ann's, and teachers in 

the Sundav School. 

.J 

Mr. J. Carpenter Smith, ordained in New 
York in July, 1842, and Mr. Charles Bancroft, 
ordained at Quebec in July, 1843, were also 
members of St. Ann's at the period of their ordi- 
nation, and had successively the charge of the 
Second Sunday School 



88 ST. Ann's church. 

Rev. D. V. M, Johnson, formerly of Trinity 
Church (since changed to St. Luke's) in this 
city, now of Islip, L. L, Rev. L. Van Bokkelin^ 
Chaplain and Teacher in St. Paul's College, 
College Point (Flushing), Rev. Peter S. Chaun- 
cey, Rector of Christ Church, Rye, N. Y., Rev. 
Jas. P. F. Clarke, Manhasset, L. I., Rev. James 
Adams, Missionary at Flemington and vicinity, 
N. J., and Rev. John I. Tucker, have all, at dif- 
ferent periods, been connected with the congre- 
gation and Sunday Schools of St. Ann's. 

When the present Rector assumed the charge 
of the parish, there was but one other Episcopal 
Church in Brooklyn. In the month of Septem- 
ber, 1833, the Church being unable to accom- 
modate all wdio wished to obtain seats, or all 
who were at least desirous of enjoying Episcopal 
services, measures were taken to establish a Mis- 
sion or Free Church, and the Rev. Thomas 
Pyne, (who, with the Rector of St. Ann's, was 
niamly instrumental in commencing and forward- 
ing this w^ork,) was engaged as the Missionary. 
Services were the first year held in the Public 
School Room in Middagh street, — the follow- 
ing gentlemen being a " Committee of Manage- 
ment" : Conklin Brush, Wm. Betts, Horatio N. 
Pettit, David Gardner, Jr., Charles Congdon, N, 
Luquer, Wm. L. Hudso.i. Mr. Gardner had 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 89 

belonged to St. Ann's, but was now connected 
with St. John's. The rest were members of 
St. Ann's ; and, with the exception of Mr. Pet- 
tit, so continued, aUhough rendering all needful 
service to the new undertaking. Subsequently, a 
building which had been used as a place of wor- 
ship by the First Baptist Congregation was ob- 
tained and fitted up for the newly-formed one, 
which received the name of St. PauVs. Mr. 
Hudson and Mr. Pettit were the first Wardens, 
and afterwards Mr. Brush succeeded Mr. Pettit, 
and Mr. Wm. R. Dean became one of the Vestry. 
Mr. Pettit took charge of the Sunday School, and 
drew his teachers mostly from St. Ann's congre- 
gation, who yet, in entering this destitute and in- 
viting field, did not, except in some few cases, 
think it necessary to dissever, even for a time, 
their connection with their own Church. These 
teachers engaged in their labor with much self- 
denial and perseverance. The females, especi- 
ally, some of whom had been in Sunday Schools 
under two former Rectors, went cheerfully to the 
work of visiting the poorer families, searching 
out untaught and unclothed children, and then 
uniting with their benevolent friends of the 
Church, and others, in providing comfortable 
garments, that these children might go and be 
taught the most important of all knowledge. 

5* 



90 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Christ Church was founded in May, 1835, 
principally by members of this parish whose re- 
sidences were in South Brooklyn, then begin- 
ning, after the estabhshment of the South Ferry 
and the opening of the Railroad, rapidly to set- 
tle. The Rector of St. Ann's held services pre- 
paratory to commencing this enterprise, as early 
as the preceding year. In his parochial report 
to the Convention of 1835, he says — "A new 
Church has been formed the past year, chiefly 
out of this congregation, called ' Christ Church,' 
and measures are now in a train to erect an edi- 
fice suitable to the present flattering prospects of 
this growing city." The edifice was not com- 
menced until 1841, the corner stone being laid 
by the Bishop of the Diocese on the 26th of 
June of that year. Dr. Cutler delivered the ad- 
dress on the occasion, from the words in St. Mat- 
thew xvi., 18, "Upon this rock will I build my 
Church." 

In April, 1836, Trinity Church, Clinton Ave- 
nue, was consecrated, and in 1837, St, Marys, 
at the Wallabout, was opened for public wor- 
ship, the Rector of St. Ann's assisting in the ser- 
vices, and her members consenting to form part 
of the vestries, and otherwise promoting the un- 
dertakings. 

Much the same may be said of St. PauVs, 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 91 

Flatbusli. It was built mainly by a vestryman 
of St. Ann's, Mr. Clarkson. 

lEimmanuel Church, also, although established 
in the first instance by members of Christ Church, 
subsequently drew upon this parish for some of 
its most active managers and substantial sup- 
porters. 

Thus it is seen, that the same liberal, expansive 
(and it may be added. Gospel) spirit which im- 
pels St. Ann's to aid in sending forth the " light 
and truth" of Revelation to the benighted nations 
abroad, as well as to her religiously destitute 
brethren and children in the West and South, 
urges her also to lend a cheerful hand in multi- 
plying at home the peculiar blessings of which 
she is herself possessed. 

In 1839, the third Rectory, a substantial brick 
house, was built in the Church yard, fronting 
Sands street. It was first occupied in the spring 
of 1840. 

In September, 1841, a Parish Library was 
opened to the free use of the congregation. The 
books had been in part collected from different 
members by the Rector, and others purchased. 
The printed catalogue embraces nearly three 
hundred volumes, and considerable additions 



92 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

have been made since. Very many persons 
have availed themselves of the benefits, and ap- 
preciate the value, of this Library. 

The arrangements necessary to form an Or- 
phan Asylum were made in St. Ann's Church, 
in the year 1833, and one of the female members, 
besides having been First Directress from the 
commencement, has labored in its support with 
an ardor and perseverance that are worthy of all 
praise. Others, also, have manifested their in- 
terest in this charity, either by their liberality, by 
acting as officers, or by some other service in its 
behalf. A former Sunday School Teacher at 
St. Ann's has been for some years Superinten- 
dent of the Asylum Sunday School. 

An Education Society was established many 
years ago, perhaps during Mr. Henshaw's minis- 
try, which was continued until 1836 or 1837, 
when it appears to have dissolved. By its means 
for a long time, a very considerable amount of 
funds, assisted by fairs occasionally held, was an- 
nually raised, of which more than two thousand 
dollars were paid over to the Theological Sem- 
inary of Virginia. 

A congregational Dorcas Society was long in 
existence, but has recently been suspended, — 
temporarily, it is hoped, for although there is a 
similar society belonging more particularly to 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 93 

one of the Sunday Schools, a general one is still 
greatly needed. 

Some twenty-five or thirty years since, several 
ladies, among whom the venerable Mrs. Sands 
was the active spirit, associated under the name 
of the Louisian Society, for the purpose of edu- 
cating poor children, and fit them for usefulness. 
The establishment combined the several objects 
of the Day, Sunday, and Infant Schools, and a 
House of Industry. A teacher was provided, 
and the ladies superintended in turn. After 
having been continued for a long time, the school 
was finally given up, under the rectorship of 
Mr. Mcllvaine, — it is said, with exceeding re- 
luctance ; and it is certainly much to be regret- 
ted. Would tliRt the mantle of its chief mana- 
ger might fall on some of the younger females 
of the congregation, and that similar institutions 
might rise up to bless the poor around us. 

A meeting for prayers, and recollection of the 
instructions of the Sabbath, has for years been 
held on Monday evening of each week, at the 
house of Mrs. Sands, which is said to be attend- 
ed with much interest. 

In the tall of 1841, a Fair was held by the 
ladies of St. Ann's in aid of Jubilee College. 
The amount raised was $400, which was grate- 
fully acknowledged by Bishop Chase. 



94 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Besides what would be placed under the head 
of collections, St. Ann's has given various sums 
towards the erection and repair of Churches; 
and a set of Communion Plate was presented by 
members of this congregation to the African 
Mission. 

April, 1843, completed ten years of the pre- 
sent ministry. The Rector had in this time 
preached one thousand sermons, and in other 
ways presented to his flock the great subject of 
his embassy. In addition to this, they had en- 
joyed during this period the privilege — which is 
granted to but few other churches — of hearing 
not only many of the distinguished Presbyters, 
but most of the Bishops of our communion, who 
have generally in their sermons brought out and 
given prominence to those chief doctrines of 
Scripture which had before been topics of dis- 
course by our own Minister. Surely, of all 
others, this people cannot plead ignorance of 
" that Light which is come into the world." 

The out-door labors of the parish, added to 
those of preparing for the pulpit, had become so 
increased and onerous, that the Rector well 
nigh sank under them, and was obliged to seek 
a respite. His physician and many friends 
suggested and urged a voyage to Europe, which 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 95 

was finally determined on. He preached a part- 
ing sermon on the 7th of May, from the words, 
" Seek ye first the kingdom of Godl' &c., and 
expected to have embarked in the course of that 
week, but was detained until Monday of the 
next week, when, accompanied by Mrs. Cutler, 
and amidst the regrets and blessings of all, he 
sailed in the packet ship " Stephen Whitney," 
for Liverpool — being attended down the bay by 
many of the congregation, and others. 



That the parish was now in a very prosper- 
ous state may be inferred from a comparison of 
the income of the Church at three several pe- 
riods : 

From 1828 to 1833, . . % 8,903 61 
From 1833 to 1838, . . 11,833 73 
From 1838 to 1843, . . 18,769 74 

The degree of D. D. was conferred upon Mr. 
Cutler in the year 1835, by Columbia College, 
New York. 

Many invitations from eligible parishes in dif- 
ferent parts of the country have been extended 
to Dr. C, but the hope is indulged that as he has 
not been, so he will not be, induced to surrender 
his present station in the Church. 



96 ST. ANiN'S CHURCH. 

i^* The following four pages are extra, and 
may be read or not. Tliev are, however, com- 
mended to the serious consideration of all who 
do not desire to see their Ministers prematurely 
destroyed by being overtasked. Others can pass 
them over. 



The extracts copied below, in relation to the 
labors of clergymen, although of considerably ex- 
tended application, are of more particular inter- 
est to some of the parishes in Brooklyn. They 
are from the pen of a gentleman, who, being a 
physician, an author, and a Sunday School 
teacher, may be supposed to know by experi- 
ence something of the amount of mental and 
physical labor the human system is able to bear. 
A reason for introducing the subject here is, that 
though the evil has long existed, no reform is 
likely to take place, unless first moved by laymen, 
— for the victims will rather suffer on, or seek 
relief by removal, than subject themselves to the 
odium of innovating upon a custom which is 
yearly depriving the Church of some of its most 
valuable Ministers : 

" It is certainly enough for any one to write 
two sermons in a single week habitually, pro- 
vided they are studied as well as written. This 



LABORS OF CLERGYMEN. 97 

kind of labor, mental labor I mean, is exceed- 
ingly exhausting, although they who have never 
labored in this w ay seem to have no idea of it ; 
and not a few who labor hard in this way, and 
suffer as a consequence, do not seem to know 
what ails them. < Multitudes of Ministers and 
teachers, and other literary men, destroy them- 
selves every year, by this overtaxing the brain 
and nervous system ; when a little less study, 
and a little more exercise, would have been the 
means not only of saving their health, but of 
prolonging their lives. ^ ^ ^ ^ 

" What are the demands which, in point of 
fact, we make of them I First, we require two 
sermons of them. Secondly, we require them 
to give us extra sermons, lectures, &c. Thirdly, 
we require them to be ready for funeral services, 
marriages, &c., and to visit the sick. Fourthly, 
they are expected to visit occasionally all the 
families of the parish whether sick or well. Fifth- 
ly, Ministers are expected not only to visit large- 
ly the sick and the well, and the schools into the 
bargain, but they must be at home always^ to re- 
ceive the calls of all who wish to see them, as 
well as those wdio only wish to hinder them, and 
these last in particular. For none of those who 
call to see a Minister will so soon complain that 
he is absent unnecessarily, consulting his own 
ease or pleasure, as those who, though they have 
least to say, call oftenest, and stay longest. 
Sixthly, they must be ready for every extra work 
of charity that comes along, and above all, to 
take an active part in all the crusades which are 



98 ST. ann's church. 

to be made against the various forms of vice 
which exist among us, and usually to take the 
lead in them. They have no akernative but to 
enUst in such war, and to enhst too as officers, 
and not as mere private soldiers. Finally, they 
must not only do this, — the work of nearly half 
a dozen strong-minded, able-bodied men, — but 
they must rule well their own household," &c. 

" Of the Minister, we are apt to make demands 
which not only border upon impossibility, but 
which are actually impossible, even for an angel. 
* * * * ^ The truth is, 

the pulpit duties of modern Ministers are alto- 
gether too great and arduous. If so much is to 
be made of sermonizing, as many suppose ; if a 
Minister is to be required to write, every w^eek, 
two new sermons, — not merely scrawl them, but 
write them from the recesses of his own brain, 
— then there ought to be connected with him in 
the parish, a Pastor to perform the rest of the 
duties. No man, I say once more, who has a 
family to provide for, both as respects body and 
soul, and a body and soul of his own to be duly 
managed also, can do more for a parish than to 
study and write two sermons in a week, if they 
are studied and written as they ought to be. He 
must eventually suffer in the performance of the 
task ; and most men will sink under the burden 
in a few years." — [Dr. Alcott.'] 

A former Rector of St. Ann's, who had charge 
of the parish when its duties, aside from those 



LABORS OF CLERGYMEN. 99 

of the pulpit, were scarcely half what they are 
at present, in a letter to the writer says, that his 
time here was wholly " occupied in the heavy 
parochial labors that were required, and in pre- 
paration for the pulpit." Another Rector, al- 
though coming as it were fresh to the parish, 
had not performed its duties three years, before 
ill health compelled him to suspend them for six 
months, and to make a voyage to Europe. It is 
not improbable, that three years more of iinin- 
teiTupted service would have made it necessary 
for him to resort to the same expedient to renew 
his again enfeebled energies. 

It may not always be remembered, that the 
Rectors of city churches are often called upon 
to visit the sick, or perform the funeral service, 
among those within their parishes who do not 
belong to their congregations, — transient per- 
sons, or those who never think of a clergyman, 
or of the " God who made them," until some ca- 
lamity overtakes them. The amount of labor 
arising from such cases, is sometimes very con- 
siderable ; and it is work — missionary work — 
which no conscientious Minister will decline, or 
seek to avoid ; nor should his people desire him 
to do so. But, then, ought they not to lighten his 
burden in some other way ? 



100 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

The general concerns of the parish, during 
the absence of the Rector, had been entrusted 
to Mr. Charles Bancroft. On the 25th of 
July, Mr. B. was ordained to the ministry, at 
Quebec, by the Bishop of that diocese, and im- 
mediately appointed to the " Chapelry of St. 
Paul," in that city, — the appointment to com- 
mence on the first of the following October. Re- 
turning directly to Brooklyn, he was invested 
with the charge of the parish for the time be- 
ing, and chiefly supplied the pulpit till the close 
of September. Different clergymen were pro- 
vided for the previous and following periods. In 
June, Bishop McUvaine brought to the notice of 
the congregation the debt and danger of loss to 
the Church, of the institutions at Gambier. In 
July, the Rev. Dr. Boone presented the claims 
of the China Mission ; and in September, Rev. 
J. W. Miles those of the projected Mission to 
Syria. For the two latter objects, no collections 
were taken up. Subscriptions to the amount of 
about $2,000 were obtained for the relief of 
Kenyon College, — being one-fifteenth part of 
the whole sum proposed to be raised. At the 
close of a sermon in the Church on the 3d of 
December following, from the words " My grace 
is sufficient for thee," the Bishop said he was 
gratified in being able to state, that the mission 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 101 

upon which he entered some months previously, 
and which he commenced in St. Ann's, had just 
terminated successfully, and that the debt against 
the Church institutions in Ohio would " be 
wiped off" before he left the city. " I com- 
menced my subscriptions in this Church," said 
he, " and here I end my labors by this public ac- 
knowledgment." 

Mr. Bancroft officiated for the last time on the 
24th of September, and was presented by the 
vestry with a vote of thanks, as a testimony of 
their satisfaction with his services. 

The Rector's voyage out was of twenty-one 
days' duration, and a portion of it rough and 
tempestuous, occasioning much sickness and ex- 
citement, and did not therefore produce an im- 
mediate good effect upon his heahh. A partial 
benefit, however, was experienced after a season 
of retirement and rest. In London he met se- 
veral of his parishioners ; and hence he ad- 
dressed a letter to his congregation at home. 
Oxford and Cambridge w^ere among the various 
places visited in England, and a short trip was 
made to the continent. After about four months 
spent in the enjoyment of " Christian society," 
the homeward passage was taken in the packet 
ship " Sheffield," Capt. Popham, on the 5th of 
October. The Rector had at "this time re- 



102 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

gained his strength up to that point when travel- 
ing is most profitable," — in other words, when he 
might hope to be benefitted by a land jom*ney. 

The passengers had hardly left Liverpool be- 
fore they " were overtaken by a violent gale of 
wind in the Irish Channel — between Holyhead 
and Tuscar light. This continued for three 
days, and at the expiration of that time, it is be- 
lieved, most of the cabin passengers endured the 
distress of mind, sea-sickness, and fatigue of a 
wdiole voyage. From that time until their arri- 
val, they had a succession of hard westerly gales, 
and also one most severe tempest from the 
southeast." 

The passengers, however, w ere highly favored 
in each other's society, " having (in the words of 
Dr. C, whose account is here quoted), all that in- 
telligence, piety, urbanity, and harmony of feeling 
and action could afford." On Saturday, the lltli 
of November, at eight o'clock, a pilot was taken 
on board, the ship being near the south side of 
Long Island, in 20 fathoms water. All seemed to 
be going on very w^ell until about one o'clock in 
the afternoon, when the ship struck on llomer 
Shoal, lightly at first, but soon with such force 
as to excite the utmost consternation and alarm. 

" In a few moments, all the cabin passengers 
came in a body into the ladies' cabin, and one 
of them called for prayer to Almighty God. The 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 103 

ship was then strildng with great violence and 
threatening ahnost instant destruction. Kneehng 
round the table, we poured out our hearts to 
God. When this prayer was offered, another 
was put up, and another. By this time the minds 
of all seemed more calm. We sat down, and 
some endeavored to encourage others with the 
hope of being rescued from the wreck. But most 
of the passengers were silent — revolving over the 
events which in the short space of an hour had 
taken place. Prayer was soon again called for 
by some of the passengers, and it was offered, 
and with a fervency, and with responses from 
many present, which it would be well to con- 
tinue at all times. An hour had now elapsed. 
It was then proposed by our commander that we 
should take some refreshment : this was at first 
declined — many exclaiming that they had no 
appetite for food. Some joints of meat were 
placed upon the table, but none I think partook 
of them, the agitation of the ship requiring all 
our attention in order to keep our seats. We 
then arranged ourselves, the ladies on the sofas, 
and the gentlemen on the floor, and remained 
like persons awaiting a summons to ascend the 
scaffold. It should be remarked, that after the 
first mental shock was past, a great degree of 
calmness was acquired by all in the cabin, and 
soon by all in the ship. This may be attributed 
to two causes. Great pains had been taken from 
the commencement of the voyage to furnish eve- 
ry person that was destitute with the Bible and 
Prayer Book, and every copy of a grant from the 



104 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

British and Foreign Bible Society in London, 
brought on board by the writer, was given away. 
Many tracts were also given and distributed 
throughout the ship. Divine service had been 
performed regularly in the cabin and in the steer- 
age, the Captain himself taking the prayers as 
the priest in his own house. 

" Again. There was among the passengers 
every form of religious profession — Churchmen, 
Presbyterians, Papists, Baptists, and Methodists. 
But, from first to last, not a note of controversy 
had been heard. And I verily believe that this 
absence of contentions, this " unity, peace and 
concord," had great weight with careless men, in 
inducing a belief iji the truth of that religion, 
which, under some form or other, all of us main- 
tained. What a delightful prayer was that of 
our Saviour, " that all may be one, that the world 
may believe that thou hast sent me." To these 
two causes I am inchned to attribute the com- 
parative tranquility which, for ten hours out of 
twelve, was visible. 

" But O, who can reveal what was working 
under this visible composure I Who can describe 
the process of thought w^iich was resorted to in 
order to accommodate the soul to existing cir- 
cumstances. Much was perceptible in the ex- 
pression of the countenance, and in the tones of 
the voice ; and the results of intellectual habits 
long formed were not illegible. From what 
sprung that ability to seize upon the consolations 
of religion, and to impart them to others, even 
while the very flesh was trembling on the bones ? 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 105 

Whence sprung the female fortitude which 
seemed hardly to desire the sympathy which was 
uttered or evinced ? The previous life, the 
avowed principles and plain practice of every 
person now brought forth its proper harvest. 
How true is it, " that whatsoever a man soweth 
that shall he also reap.' But whatever were 
their thoughts, I shall retain a high respect for 
all my fellow-passengers, on account of their 
self-possession throughout the whole of this aw- 
ful night. I saw a gentleman return to the la- 
dies' cabin, after all were driven out of it by 
the water, to recover some article of clothing for 
the servant of another passenger, who in the 
hurry had nothing on her head. And at the 
last moment of agony, when the Captain came 
to take in his arms a lady to carry her on the 
deck, I saw her insist upon his taking another 
lady, who, although unattended by any relative, 
was entitled to every respect. Indeed, it required 
sufferings like these to touch the deepest springs 
in the bosom of refined and cultivated minds. 

" During the night, our excellent commander 
urged us to take refreshment. Bread and wine 
and water were handed around twice or three 
times at intervals, and O how solemn, and to 
some of us how sacramental, that refreshment ! 

" But previous to our removal to the upper 
deck, in order to prepare us all, and especially the 
ladies, for the exposure, the Captain came down, 
and recommended that tea and bread should be 
prepared for us, and then, said he, turning to me, 
' and then, Sir, let us have prayers.' After par- 

5a 



106 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

taking of this ' last Supper,' as we supposed, the 
46th, the 130th, and the 107th Psahns, and the 
27th chapter of the Acts, were read ; a hjmn 
was sung and prayers were offered. It will not 
appear strange that after this, even cheerfulness 
was in some measure acquired. It w^as now 
near midnight ; previous to this, however, while 
the moments were slowly departing with a leaden 
step, one of the clergymen present selected from 
the Bible a text, and delivered a short but appro- 
priate discourse, mingling the most pointed and 
personal application to his hearers, and especial- 
ly to all who had not as yet publicly decided to 
be on the Lord's side. The text was, ' As Moses 
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, (surely we 
were in a waste howling ivilderness then,) even 
so must the Son of man be lifted up, that who- 
soever believeth in Him, should not perish, but 
have everlasting life.' John iii. 

" It was now drawing towards midnight, and 
we had all been driven from below to the upper 
deck. The ship was not built in modern style, 
and the round-house was little more than a cano- 
py over the companion way. The steerage pas- 
sengers w4io had taken refuge there, were re- 
moved, and those from the cabin took their 
places. Every inch of room w^hich remained, 
was granted to the women from the steerage — 
baggage from below being excluded, that as many 
of the people as possible might be sheltered ; and 
here we sat in a dense mass looking at each other, 
and at death which was staring us in the face. 
Our captain was standing half way down the 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 107 

companion ladder that he might converse with 
one and another, whose sorrows found vent in 
words. Every moment the water was rising be- 
low, and the ship was gradually and bodily sink- 
ing, and settling in the sea and in the sand." 

Reference is then made to the providences 
which led to the rescue of the passengers, — the 
efforts of the steamer to find the wreck, and its 
final discovery by a blue light, " displayed, in the 
hurry or hopelessness of the attempt, on the lee 
quarter, which looked sea-ward, a direction the 
the very opposite from whence relief was to be 
expected ; and yet, in the very quarter where, 
by circumstances, it w as to be found." 

" As it respects ourselves, the last hour was the 
bitterest, the most hopeless, and the worst. How 
true is it, that ' man's extremity is God's oppor- 
tunity.' The first hour on the wreck was one 
of excitement, agitation, lamentation, and visible 
and audible suffering. The last hour was one 
of silent and heart-rending, but smothered agony. 
All had made up their minds — all had acquired 
fortitude ; perhaps from different sources — all 
were subdued, affectionate, and respectful to each 
other. Social prayer, which had been resorted 
to again and again below deck, seemed now to 
be a dispensation which had past aw ay and given 
place to that individual application to the Saviour 
of sinners which immediately precedes death. 
Every soul seemed wrapped in its own medita- 
tions. -Xr * # * 



108 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

" Our watches now told us that midnight was 
past, and the tide, which the captain said would 
go down and leave the ship dry in the cabin, 
continued to rise within, while by the almanac 
it had been falling for two hours or more outside 
the ship. Alas, some of us knew that it was a 
tide, which, so far as we were concerned, would 
never go down. One gentleman observing his 
watch to have run down, took his key to wind 
it up, but suddenly stopped, and said, ' I shall 
have no further use for time' and replaced it in 
his pocket in its silent and death-like sleep. 

" It was about this time that a steerage pas- 
senger on the deck gave notice that an object in 
the distance appeared to be approaching. There 
was a rush to that side of the ship, but nothing 
could be seen. The officers of the ship looked, 
but gave no encouragement. Shortly this per- 
son again made the same report ; all eyes were 
employed, but in vain. A third exclamation was 
uttered, and now the captain placed himself 
where the best sight could be obtained, and after 
looking through his glass, expressed ho^e, and 
then confidence, Afeiv sjmrks tvere emitted from 
the dark mass, and a shout pealed f'ojn the deck, 
' a steamer has arrived !' 

" Who can tell what was felt at this moment 1 
God grant that none of the readers of this may 
ever know the transition which was then expe- 
rienced. 

" Parents and children embraced : husbands 
and wives, nay strangers were seen clasping each 
other, and expressing and uttering their awful joy. 



REV. MR. CUTLER. 109 

A young gentleman burst into the middle of the 
crowd, and said to the writer, ' Now let us praise 
God! He rose and repeated the doxology, 
* Praise God from whom all blessings flow ,' and 
there arose a hymn of praise from one hundred 
voices on that dark deck, accompanied by the 
deep base of the surrounding billows, — which 
bore upwards the gushing emotions of our hearts, 
and rendered to Him whom it was due, the whole 
praise of our deliverance. 

" In six hours afterwards we were at home." 

The length of time which elapsed after the 
sailing of the Sheffield, without the appearance 
of the expected passengers, naturally created 
much uneasiness and apprehension as to their 
safety. The news, however, of the disaster to 
their ship, and the peril in which their lives had 
been placed, was received simultaneously with 
their arrival at the Rectory early in the morning 
of the 12th of November. They immediately 
retired to rest, which, after " a day and a night" 
thus passed " in the deep," may well be supposed 
to be both welcome and needful. The morning 
instruction in Church w as drawn from the words 
of the Psalmist, as quoted by St. Peter, " The 
eyes of the Lord are over the righteous and his 
ears are open unto their cry." In concluding 
his sermon, the preacher made a happy and 
touching allusion to the events of the preceding 



110 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

night, considering the rescue and restoration 
of him in whom, as their friend and spiritual 
guide, this people felt so deep an interest, as af- 
fording an illustration of the truth of the text to 
which no one could be insensible. " The ejes 
of the Lord," said he, ivere indeed over his ser- 
vants for good, " and his ears open unto their 
cry." To many of the congregation this unex- 
pected reference to their Pastor conveyed the 
first intelligence of his return. 

In the afternoon, the flock had the happiness 
of seeing their restored Shepherd, and of hear- 
ing his voice in the Evening Service, — he hav- 
ing first visited the schools as hereafter noticed. 
" A Hymn of Gratitude," written for the occa- 
sion of his return, by a teacher in the Sunday 
School, was sung by the choir on his entrance. 
The scene of congratulation and welcome exlii- 
bited after service, is thus described by a specta- 
tor, in a letter to a friend : 

" The eagerness with w^hich the opportunity 
was embraced, at the chancel, to welcome and 
congratulate the Pastor, showed that ' gladness' 
had indeed visited the fold. Here, was to be 
seen, in mourner's attire, a group of persons to 
whom he had evidently administered consolation 
in affliction, struggling to subdue their agitated 
feelings, that they might give him a calmer greet- 
ing. There, many pressed anxiously forward, 



REV. DIl. CUTLER. Ill 

to be among the first to take his extended hand, 
—some silently, whose feelings were too deep 
for utterance, and others in a very tumult of joy. 
The gathering soon became so dense as to 
threaten to exclude the ' httle ones' who had 
waited impatiently an opportunity to ' pluck his 
gown to share his smile ;' and some, who might 
previously have received particular tokens of his 
affection, were elevated in their parents' arms, 
and reaching forward to catch a look of recogni- 
tion. The meeting with her Pastor of a vene- 
rable member of the Church, ' a mother in Is- 
rael," was most impressive, and called to mind 
the beautiful account of the restoration of the 
widow's son, by our Saviour, when ' he delivered 
him to his mother.' When he approached her, 
she was kneeling at the altar, apparently ab- 
sorbed by her emotions, or offering silently her 
thanksgiving to Him whose promise is, to ' give 
his angels charge' and ' to keep in all their ways' 
those who put their trust in Him, and who al- 
most seemed now to say, ' Woman, behold thy 
son !' " "^ ■^'' "^ ^ * * 

" The efficacy of prayer must have been im- 
pressed upon the minds of all present. Near- 
ly all, even the children, had promised to remem- 
ber their Pastor in their daily petitions at the 
Throne of Grace, and here perhaps many of 
them received their first practical assurance of 
the power, and goodness, and faithfulness of God, 
— their first impression, not to be effaced, of 
daily dependence on Him, and their encourage- 



112 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

ment to persevere in a duty so happy in its re- 
sults." ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 

The lesson taught by this signal deliverance 
was not suffered to pass unimproved. A sermon 
particularly referring to the event was preached 
from the words, " I waited patiently for the 
Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my 
cry. He brought me up also out of an horrible 
pit, out of the miry clay, and set my foot upon a 
rock, and established my goings. And he hath 
put a new song into my mouth, even praise unto 
our God ; many shall see it and fear, and shall 
trust in the Lord." Psalm xl, 1, 2, 3. It was 
suggested that the design of this and similar pro- 
vidences was, to put those who professed to place 
their dependence upon God to a trial of their 
faith, and to show those who had not hitherto 
regarded Him, the hollowness of all things in 
which they had trusted, and to bring them to a 
decision whether or not they would ?ioiv have 
him to be their Refuge and Saviour. 

Other occasions were taken to inculcate, in 
reference to this deliverance, an entire reliance 
upon the promises held out to the believer, and 
otherwise to improve the subject. 

The Rector, after a little rest, re-engaged in 
his parochial duties, for a considerable time with 
his usual activity ; but his health, far from having 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 113 

been re-established by his visit to Europe, be- 
came more enfeebled as spring approached, and 
an arrangement was made by wdiich the services 
of the Rev. Mr. Bancroft were secured, for one 
year, as Assistant Minister of the parish. 

Mr. B. is a native of Montreal, Lower Cana- 
da. His parents were born in the United 
States. He pursued his classical studies in 
Columbia College, and those for the ministry 
under the direction of Dr. Cutler and Dr. Stone, 
and at St. Paul's College, Flushing, in which in- 
stitution he was for two years a Tutor. He 
received Deacon's orders, as before stated, in 
July, 1843, and entered upon his charge at due- 
bee in October. In May 1844, he was admitted 
to the Priesthood by the Bishop of Montreal, and 
commenced his duties in St. Ann's on the 22d 
of that month. 

The Rector embraced the opportunity, in the 
course of the next three months, to be absent for 
six or eight weeks, making a trip to the eastern 
end of the Island, and spending some time at 
Saratoga. 

Considerable sickness prevailed in the parish 
during the past year, and the places of several 
revered members of the Church have been left 
vacant by death. 

St. Ann's (the Sunday Schools and members 



114 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

of the congregation unitedly) has undertaken 
tire support of one Scholarship in Jubilee Col- 
lege. WiUiain Sjjencer, a member of School 
No. 1, and a youth of much promise, went out as 
the beneficiary in October last. 

The following named Bishops have preached 
in St. Ann's since the adjournment of the late 
Ge teral Convention: 

Bishop Kemper, November 3, (ordination ser- 
mon,) — Rev. ii, 10. 

Bishop (presiding) Chase^ November 3, — 
Heb. X, 38. 

Bishop Smith, December 1 — Psalm cxix, 67, 
" Before I was afflicted I w ent astray, but now 
have 1 kept thy word." 

Bishop Mcllvaine, December 12 (Thanks- 
giving) — Rom. xii, 1. 

December 15, Bishop Johns — St. John vi, 27, 
" Him hath God the Father sealed." Afternoon, 
Bishop Lee — Rom. i, 16. 

December 22, Bishop Hopldns — Gen. xvi, 8, 
" Whence camest thou, and whither wilt thou 
go f Evening, Bishop Johns — Acts v, 20. 

A meeting, in which several of the Episcopal 
congregations of Brooklyn united, was held in 
St. Ann's on the evening of November 10th, to 
aid the Theological Seminary of Virginia. Ad- 
dresses were made by Bishops Meade and Johns, 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 115 

Dr. Stone, and the Rector, and a collection was 
taken up, which amounted to $400. 



" It is delightful to think of the privileges 
of St. Amis Church, and the simplicity with 
which the Gospel is administered and professed. 
At 9 o'clock, you may see the children and 
youth assembling, dressed with care, and disco- 
vering the general prosperity of the people. The 
Chapel is open, and both of its floors receive 
their precious charge. Here may be seen more 
than 300 scholars, with 60 teachers. At ten, the 
Pastor enters to inspect the schools, and to smile 
on the dear lambs of the flock. At half-past ten, 
the great Congregation enter with solemnity 
the Church. The organ commences its notes 
of solemn and elevated music. It stops. The 
Minister pronounces some sen^nces of Holy 
Writ, and then looks round with words of ex- 
hortation to pray. The service of God begins: 
Confession, — Prayer, — Praise, — Chanting, — Li- 
tany, — Commandments, — Psalm and Hymn, suc- 
ceed. Now, strengthened and elevated by devo- 
tion, the congregation sit for instruction. Then 
follows the preacher, in words prepared and 
prayed over, and adapted to the wants and sor- 
rows of the people. {Impression is perhaps pro- 



116 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

duced, — resolutions formed, prayers framed.) A 
blessing is pronounced. 

" Again, at two o'clock, the van-guard assem- 
ble, — the children enter the Chapel, take their 
seats, engage in short prayer, and then are ques- 
tioned on the lesson of the day, uniting at the 
conclusion in a song of praise. At 3, they join 
the congregation, and re-enter the Church. A 
second time the service is celebrated, and the peo- 
ple worship, and the word of God is dispensed. 
After this, the parish library is opened for the use 
of the congregation, and the children assem- 
ble at the libraries of their respective schools, 
select their books from a thousand at their dis- 
posal, and retire with the smiles and often with 
the caresses of the female teachers. For two 
hours the Chapel is closed. 

"Evening has set in. The clear and silver 
tones of St. Ann's bell break again upon the ear. 
They remind us that the day is not yet gone. A 
little of the Sabbath remains ; let us gather up 
the fragments that nothing be lost. At a quar- 
ter past 7, the people assemble in the Chapel. 
It is brilliantly lighted, and its 200 seats are soon 
filled. The worship begins by a hymn of praise. 
A shorter service is then pronounced, a chapter 
read, a psalm sung, and a plain and practical 
discourse deUvered. It is done. The Minister 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 117 

who has officiated takes his seat, and the Pastor 
rises in the desk. He salutes the people with 
some pleasant words, and reviews the labors of 
the day ; reminds them of their privileges, and 
commends them to the Saviour of sinners, — that 
great Shepherd of the sheep, — and describing his 
power and love, leaves Him finally and vividly 
before their minds. The blessing is then pro- 
nounced, and the day is concluded. 

" A few linger to salute the Pastor, to tell him 
of some one in trouble, or to ask assistance for 
some person in distress. 

" * Go, man of pleasure, strike thy lyre, 
Of broken Sabbaths sing the charms; 

Our's is the Prophet's car of fire 
Which bears us to a Father's arms.' 

" St. Ann's ! ' Peace be within thy walls and 
prosperity within thy palaces.' " 



It will be seen by the list of church members, 
that the three set down for 1788, during the mi- 
nistry of the first Rector, continued through all 
the succeeding rectorships to that of the present, 
and that two of them yet survive, — Mrs. Ann 
Sands and Mrs. Jane Boerum. The third, Mrs. 
Sarah Middagh, died in August, 1837, at the 
advanced age of 92. Mrs. Sarah Cornell (wi- 



118 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

dow of John), has also been a communicant for 
more than half a century. 

Mrs. Middagh lived long enough to see her 
interest and labors in behalf of the Church, in its 
days of weakness and depression, rewarded by a 
healthy and widely-expanded maturity. In a 
sermon preached soon after her decease, the 
Rector in substance said : 

" At the time I assumed the charge of this 
parish, the venerable widow of Mr. John Mid- 
dagh was in her 89th year, and still able to at- 
tend public worship. From a short period after- 
wards, however, to the day of her death, she 
continued gradually to decline, and was mostly 
confined to her house. The activity of her early 
years it was not of course my privilege to ob- 
serve. But from what I have learned from 
others, and could infer from conversations with 
her, she mubt have exerted an important influ- 
ence in her circle of friends. On no subject did 
she speak with more animation or apparent de- 
light than on that of the establishment of the 
Church here. Notwithstanding her great age, 
she still retained the liveliest recollection of 
all the circumstances of its infancy, and by her 
manner of dwelhng on them, discovered that the 
prosperity of the cause was near her heart. In 
her house, half a century ago, the Ministers of 
religion were hospitably entertained, and, from 
that time to the present, most welcome guests. 
The death of Mrs. Middagh was most peaceful 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 119 

and liappy. She came to the grave as a shock 
of corn in its season. Not a cloud appeared on 
her mind ; not a wish remained unaccompUshed 
in her heart. As she approached her end, she 
was heard to repeat the hymn never to be for- 
gotten — 

* Jesus, Saviour of my soul, 
Let me to thy bosom fly.' 

" A short time before her death, I administered 
to her in her own apartment the Lord's Supper, 
surrounded by relatives and friends. She re- 
ceived the affecting memorials with pious sensi- 
bihty and gratitude, and the third Sunday after, 
she was, I trust, at the marriage Supper of the 
Lamb !" 

The relirious instruction of domestics Mrs. 
Middagh considered not only a sacred duty, but 
in her individual case an especial privilege. She 
took to the baptismal font more than twenty per- 
sons of color, at different times in her service, — 
eighteen of whom were born in her own house. 

Mr. Joshua Sands w^as a liberal patron and 
often an officer of the Church from its earliest 
period, but he does not appear to have joined 
the communion till the year 1808. When the 
British barrack, at the corner of Fulton and 
Middagh streets, had been fitted up for the recep- 
tion of the congregation, during the ministry of 
the Rev. Mr. Wright, lots were drawn for the 



120 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

choice of pews, which resulted in assigning to 
Mr. Sands a pew close by the door, and to the 
late Mr. John Cole one near the pulpit, greatly 
to the disappointment of both, — one dishking so 
low a seat and the other so high a one. An ex- 
change was effected, however, which proved mu- 
tually satisfactory. Mr. Sands died in Septem- 
ber, 1835, being Senior Warden at the time. A 
marble tablet is placed within the Church, on its 
southern wall, with the following inscription : 

TO 

COMMEMORATE THEIR RESPECT 

FOR THE CHARACTER AND BENEFACTIONS OF 

JOSHUA SANDS, 

LONG A WARDEN OF THIS PARISH, 
THIS TABI.ET 

IS ERECTED BY 

THE VESTRY OF ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 



OB. A.D. 1835. 

M. 77. 

Mr. Sands had been a useful citizen as well 
as zealous churchman, having held various civil 
offices of trust and responsibility, among which 
were those of Collector of the Customs, Mem- 
ber of Congress, and Trustee of the village. 

Mr. George Foivers, who died in 1826, at the 
age of 82, was one of the most liberal benefactors 
of the Church, giving $1,000 on one occasion. 



REV. DR. CUTLER. 121 

He was frequently a Delegate to the Diocesan 
Convention, was many years of the Vestry, and 
held the post of Warden as early as 1795. 

On page 21, the name of Mr. Whitehead Cor- 
nell is printed as one of the .Trustees on the in- 
corporation of the Episcopal Church, in 1787. 
It should be Mr. John Cornell. This gentle- 
man was long an active friend of the Church, 
and frequently one of its officers, but his name 
is not found in the subjoined list of commu- 
nicants, — neither are the names of Aquila Giles, 
Joseph Sealy, Robert Stoddard, Samuel Sack- 
ett, Adam Tredwell, A. H. Van Bokkelin, and 
Theodosius Hunt, — all occasionally of the Ves- 
try or among the Delegates to the Convention. 
The first record preserved is for the year 1790. 
A few names are also put down for the two fol- 
lowing years. There is then a hiatus to the 
year 1799. Some of the persons above-named 
probably came to the communion during this 
time. Mr. Cornell died in 1820, and Mr. Sack- 
ett in 1822. 

m^^ It is ascertained that Mr. Cornell was a 
member, and a most worthy and devoted one ; 
as was also Mr. Patchen, whose name is not on 
the record. 

5 a* 



122 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Joh7i Marshall Gamble, Colonel U. S. Marines, 
was an officer of the Cliurcli at the time of 
his decease, which occurred in September, 1836. 
He showed bj his example that the most un- 
blemished Christian character is not inconsistent 
with, but rather sheds lustre upon, the military 
profession, not less than on all the other occupa- 
tions of life. Col. Gamble, — whose father, Ma- 
jor Win. Gamble, was an officer in the Revolu- 
tion, — had been for some years in command of 
the Marine Corps of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, 
and was the last of four brothers who had died 
in the naval service of the United States. Tho- 
mas, commanding the ship of war Erie, died in 
the Mediterranean in the year 1818 or 1819. 
Peter, acting First Lieutenant, was killed on 
board the flag-ship under Commodore Macdo- 
nough, in the battle on Lake Champlain, in Sep- 
tember, 1814. Francis died in the West Indies, 
while in command of one of the United States' 
schooners on that station. 



Mrs. Sarah Cutler, whose name is in the list 
of communicants, was the mother of the Rector, 
and relict of Benjamin Clarke Cutler, of Bos- 
ton, for many years Sheriff of Norfolk county. 
She died on the 26th of October, 1836, aged 



REV. MR. CUTLEIl. 123 

75, and her remains were taken to St. Thomas' 
Church-jard, New York. The following no- 
tice of this lady was published, at the time of her 
decease, in a Boston paper : 

Mrs. C. " was a native of Georgetown, S. C, 
and was the daughter of Esther, the only sister 
of Gen. Francis Marion. In possession of fine 
intellectual powers, a strongly marked character, 
and deeply imbued with a spirit she caught from 
scenes and personages of the Revolution with 
which she was familiar, her conversation was a 
source of never-failing interest to those by whom 
she was surrounded ; and the writer of this hum- 
ble tribute to departed worth has often listened 
with excited feelings to her enthusiastic and 
spirit-stirring details of by-gone days. There 
was intimately interwoven in her character a 
noble simplicity and a high-toned, lofty feeling, 
which commanded the respect and affection of 
all who knew her. In the various relations of 
domestic life, she afforded an example of duties 
performed and affections gratified. Numerous 
descendants and an extended circle of acquaint- 
ance regret the space she has left behind ; but 
while Affection mourns, she draws consolation 
from the recollection of her well-spent life. Her 
body has gone to its mother earth, — her spirit to 
its parent God. Honor to her earthly memory, 
—eternal rest to her sainted spirit." 



124 ©T. ANN'S CHURCH. 



i^eitcntoratitra. 

The house in which Episcopal seiTices were 
first held in Brooklyn, after the Revolntion, was; 
in Fulton street, as before noted, a little above 
Front, then No. 40, now aboiit 43. It belonged 
to a Mr. Rapelye, and two contiguous rooms 
were thrown open to the attendants. As a cer- 
tificate of baptism, dated August 20, 1783, was 
given bj the Rev. James Sajre, " as Minister of 
the Episcopal Church al Brooklyn Ferry," it is- 
possible this might have been the place of wor- 
ship during at least a part of the time he offi- 
ciated here. 

Mr John Van Nostrand was principally in- 
strumental in introducing the Rev. Mr. Wright 
to Brooklyn, although he was heartily seconded 
by others in securing hi& engagement. There 
was at this time great prejudice against our com- 
munion, and very little distinction was made by 
non-Episcopalians between it and that of Rome. 
The few devoted friends of the Church, and in 
actual communion with it, who now united in 
its establishment here, found their " day of small 
things" a day also of hard things, and they were 
compelled to avail, in some instances, of the 
liberality, and influence, and personal aid of those 



MEMORANDA. 125 

who had httle more than an outward regard for 
rehgion. This circumstxince will explain why 
so many were Church officers, who were never 
Church members. 

Mr. John Middagh's barn, the second place 
in which the little congregation worshipped, is 
at this time occupied as a soapstone manufac- 
tory by Mr. Q,uimby, and presents a most an- 
tique and grotesque appearance. Those who 
are curious to contrast the outward circum- 
stances of the Church then, with those of the 
Church noiv, can stand at the corner of Fulton 
and Henry streets, and look on that picture, and 
then on this. 

The explosion of the powder mill in the year 
1808, which, it was said, injured the walls of 
St. Ann's Church (the stone church which 
fronted Sands street), took place between twelve 
and one o'clock in the day. The people were 
all at dinner — that was the hour for dining 
among all classes at that period — and there was 
therefore no one in the mill at the time of the 
accident. A son of one of the present venerable 
members of the church, who was engaged in the 
■manufacture of powder, had just left the dinner- 
table, and proceeded to the river in order to send 
a boat which he had freighted with the article 
to New York. When the explosion was heard, 



126 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

the parents very naturally became exceedingly 
alarmed for their son, as did many of the neigh- 
bors, who had seen him pass, and to whom his 
purpose was known. It was soon ascertained, 
however, that the cause of alarm proceeded from 
a different quarter. A nephew of another vener- 
able member of the Church was the actual suf- 
ferer, as to the destruction of property. This 
mill was somewhere in the vicinity of Jay and 
Tillary streets. 

Rev. Mr. Wright was married, soon after his 
engagement here, to an Enghsh lady, then resid- 
ing in New York. 

Rev. Mr. Rattoone was married to a daughter 
of the Rev. Dr. Beach, of New York, said to be 
a lady of great worth. 

Rev. Mr. Ireland was married to Mrs-. Hannah 
Tucker, before coming to Brooklyn, probably 
while Rector of St. Peter's Church, Westchester. 

Rev. Mr. Feltus was married in 1794, as al- 
ready stated, to Martha Ryan, a woman to 
whom many living witnesses accord an " excel- 
lent spirit." Mr. F. had a large family, and se- 
veral of his children are living in New York. • 

Rev. Mr. Henshaw was married to Miss Mary 
Gorhani, of Bristol, Rhode Island, a short time 
before taking charge of St. Ann's. 



MEMORANDA. 127 

Rev. Mr. Styiith was married (probably in the 
year 1817) to Miss Ellen Clarke, seconA daughter 
of the late James B. Clarke, Esq., of Brooklyn. 

Rev. Mr. Onderdonk was married to Miss 
Carter, sister of the late Kobert Carter, Esq., 
some three or four years, it is believed, before 
his removal to Brooklyn. 

Rev. Mr. Mcllvaine, wdiile Rector of Christ 
Church, Georgetown, was married to Miss Ein- 
ily Cox, of Burlington, New Jersey. Since their 
removal to Ohio, the family have suffered se- 
vere afflictions in the death of the second son 
[Bloonifield), a youth whose mental development 
and amiable manners had excited much expec- 
tation among his friends ; and of the eldest 
daughter {Emily). Both had been members of 
St. Ann's Sunday School. 

Rev. Mr. Cutler, the present Rector, was mar- 
ried in Christ Church, Boston, Oct. 30, 182.2, by 
the Rev. Mr. Eaton, to Miss Harriet Bancroft, 
daughter of James Bancroft, Esq., of Boston. 

Rev. Mr. Bancroft, Assistant Minister, was 
married on the 24th of September, 1844, in 
Christ Church, Philadelphia, by the Rev. Dr. 
Cutler, to Miss Ellen, second daughter of J. Feiv 
S77iith, Esq. 

Nothing has been ascertained respecting the 
marriage either of Mr. Hidl or Mr. Neshitt, 



128 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

The following summary of the Rector's reports 
to the Convention will show the amount of con- 
tributions, &c. in each year : 

1833— Collections, $3,772 65, of which 82,300 were for Kenyon 
College. Delegates lo Convention, T. I. Chew, Fanning C. 
Tucker, Cyrus Bill. 

1834— Collections, Sl,226 49. *' The Church may be con- 
sidered as flourishing, both in respect to temporal and spiritual 
things." Delegates, T. I. Chew, Cyrus Bill, J. M. Ga«ible. 

1835 — Collections, $880 61, (Diocesan, Education, and Mis- 
sionary). " The Rector has the gratification of reporting this 
Church as in a flourishing condition. The disposition manifested 
by the members of St. Ann's to devote their time and their pro- 
perty to the promotion of true religion has afforded him thankful- 
ness for the past, and inspired him with still greater hope for the 
time to come." Delegate, Wm. Betts. 

1836 and 1837 — Reports not obtained. 

1838— Collections, $2,835. Delegates, T.,1. Chew, Frederick 
T. Peet, D. B. Douglass. 

1839— Collections, $1,832. " It is difficult to ascertain the 
exact number of communicants belonging to an old parish Church 
in a city. To the number of 468 I have arrived by taking the 
list my predecessor left, subtracting deaths and removals, and 
adding new names. About 240 are generally present to partake 
of ttie Supper." Delegates, Hosea Webster, D. B. Douglass. 

1840 — Contributions for Church and Missionary objects,$2, 481. 
Delegates, T. I. Ciiew, Hosea Webster. 

1841 — Contributions from the congregation for charitable and 
Missionary purposes, $2,246 48; of the Sunday Schools, $140 50. 
Delegates, Cyrus Bill, H. Webster, W. B. Cooper. 

1842— Contributions of the congregation, $2,140 12; of the 
Schools, $100 for Greek Mission; about $20 for Africa. Dele- 
gates, T. I. Chew, Joseph Pettit. 

1843 — Contributions of the congregation, $2,635; 1st School, 
$100 to Greek Mission ; 2d School, $25 for Africa. 

1844 — Contributions of the congregation, $2,175 70 ; schools, 
$162. Delegates, Cyrus Bill, Joseph Sands, H. Webster. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 



iFirst School, 

It appears by the Records of this School that 
the first meeting which took place for the pur- 
pose of its establishment was on the 30th of 
April, 1828, at the house of Mr. R. M. White, 
in Hicks street. The following persons were 
present : 

Rev. C. P. Mcllvaine, Rector of the Church. 

Mr. F. T. Peet, Mrs. C. H. Richards, 

" J. W. Burtis, " R. M. White, 

" W. W. Pratt, Miss Crommelin, 

" Judah Back, " Greenwood. 

" R. M. White, 

" J. Greenwood. 

There being fewer in attendance than was 
anticipated, no definite proceedings occurred. 
Two subsequent meetings took place without 
an organization being effected. A fourth meet- 
ing was held on the 13th of May, at the house 
of Mr. J. S. Doughty, when rules were adopted 
6 



130 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

for the government of the School, and the fol- 
lowing officers chosen : 

Superintendent — F. T. Peet. 

Secretary — George A. Bartow. 

Standing Committee — J. W. Burtis, Thos. I. 
Chew, Cyrus Bill, L. Van Nostrand, Rich'd M. 
White, E. Sprague, W. W. Pratt, and the Su- 
perintendent, ex officio. 

. On Sunday the 18th May, the Superinten- 
dent, Secretary, seventeen teachers, and ninety 
children attended at the school-room, and were 
affectionately and appropriately addressed by the 
Rector. The lesson for the following Sunday 
was announced, and the remainder of the day 
consumed in registering and classing the scho- 
lars. 

The regular instructions commenced on the 
25th of May, — 105 children attending in the 
forenoon, and 104 in the afternoon ; from 
which time the school steadily increased in 
numbers. 

Measures were taken at an early day to pro- 
vide commodious and permanent accommoda- 
tions for the school. Leave was obtained of 
the vestry of St. Ann's to erect a building 80 
feet long, 25 feet wide, and one story in height, 
at the corner of Washington and Prospect 
streets, adjoining the Church, which was accord- 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 131 

ingly soon after undertaken, under the direction 
of a Building Committee, consisting of Messrs. 
Peet, Chew, Van Nostrand, Burtis, and Sprague. 
It was completed at a cost of something over 
$1500, and occupied for the first time on the 
11th of January, 1829, — the occasion being 
marked by appropriate exercises. In the eve- 
ning of the same day a public examination of 
the pupils took place in the Church, on the 
Scripture doctrine of the Resuri'eciion and the 
Neic Birth, on the Catechism, and on the Pi'o- 
phecies. The apparently high gratification of a 
numerous auditory afforded happiness and en- 
couragement both to those actively engaged in 
the school and those who otherwise were pro- 
moting its success. 

From this period the school seems to have 
especially prospered. In a report of the Super- 
intendent to the Pbector, dated May 26, 1831, 
aboiit three years after the commencement of 
the school, it is stated that there had been con- 
nected with it 31 male and 52 female teachers 
— of whom 35 were "professors of religion pre- 
vious to their uniting with the school, and 20 
professed their faith in Christ afterwards." 
Thirty-eight teachers (15 male and 23 female) 
then remained, and 453 of the children, out of 
1024 that had been registered on the books — 



132 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

the weekly average attendance being not far 
from 250. 

Four years after this, — that is, in May, 1835, 
and seven years from the estabhshment of the 
school, — a report was made by the Superinten- 
dent to the Rev. F. H. Cuming, then Secretary 
of the Episcopal Sunday School Union, in which 
it is said that of the 1787 children who had at 
this time entered the school, many, "owing to the 
changeable habits of the population," had re- 
mained but a short time, but a "much larger 
proportion had received two, three, and four 
years' instruction," and many continued to be 
members who attended at the commencement. 

" The school (says the report) consists of a 
Superintendent, Secretary, Librarian, 13 male 
and 27 female — in all 43 — conductors ; and 
155 male and 240 female — making 395 — 
scholars. Of the scholars, from 250 to 260 
are taught from Sabbath to Sabbath. Thirty- 
five of the teachers are communicants. Eight 
of them commenced their labors with us seven 
years since, and continue faithful, giving us no 
cause to fear that they will faint by the way." 
The whole number of teachers who have thus 
far labored with us is 60 male and 73 fe- 
male — making 133 in all. Few of these have 
left us without some good and sufficient reason ; 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 133 

and wherever they have located themselves in 
different parts of our land (many of them in our 
Western valley) they have recommenced their 
work of self-denial and of pleasure ; and their 
influence has been felt perhaps in a much better 
and greater degree than if they had remained 
with us. Many of our teachers were followers 
of the Saviour before connecting themselves 
with the school: but we report 25 as having 
found, in their endeavors to bless others, a bless- 
ing resting on their own souls ; and instances 
have been rare, where teachers have united with 
us (as we believed from good motives) and con- 
tinued any length of time, without receiving a 
blessing. Fifteen of our scholars have numbered 
themselves with the disciples of Jesus, attributing 
their serious impressions to the instructions of 
the Sunday School. And our hearts are often 
cheered by the report, that those who have left 
us to reside in different sections of our country 
have laid to heart what has been taught them, 
and have cast in their lot with God's people. 

" Our system of instruction is as follows : 
The first and second Sundays in the month, 
selected Scripture lessons, wdth Questions.^ 
Third Sunday, some doctrine or duty, to be 

* The " Union Gluestions." 



134 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

proved from the Bible. All the children are re- 
quired to commit fou?', and the larger six proofs. 
The teacher's assistance in selecting them is al- 
lowed, but the elder scholars are urged to select 
them themselves, or get the assistance of their 
parents. Fourth Sunday, the Catechism of the 
Church. 

" All the children who can read, hear the same 
lesson. The teachers endeavor to make their 
instructions simple enough to benefit the young- 
est, and sufficiently instructive to improve the 
eldest. From half to three-fourths of an hour is 
occupied at the close of the school every Sab- 
bath in an examination from the desk of the 
different classes in the lesson for the day, and 
such practical remarks and application of the 
truths taught in the lesson made as are deemed 
appropriate. This duty is performed by the 
Superintendent, except when the Pastor is 
present. 

" Those children who are not sufficiently ad- 
vanced to learn the regular lesson, are taught 
hymns, simple catechisms, &c. — the whole in- 
struction, as far as possible, being strictly reli- 
gious. We have a w^ell-selected Library of be- 
tween 1000 and 1100 volumes. It is much used 
by the school, and is of invaluable assistance to 
us in our work. Terms of admission to it are, 



THE SUxNDAY SCHOOL. 135 

— general good conduct at school and in church, 
and a correct recitation of the lesson. 

'' A weekly meeting of teachers for instruction 
on the lesson, and for prayer for a blessing on 
our labors, was commenced with the school, and 
is still continued. The teachers here are tho- 
roughly examined on the lesson which they are 
to teach the children the coming Sabbath, and it 
is evident that those who attend it most steadily 
are best prepared for their duty. We deem this 
meeting essential to the interests of our school. 

" A Missionary Association exists among our 
children, whose object is to educate females at 
the Mission School in Athens, Greece. Its 
managers (female) are taken from some of our 
younger teachers (who were formerly scholars) 
and our elder children. Their duty is to collect 
from each of the scholars 6d. per month. They 
meet monthly to pay over the amount of their 
collections to their treasurer, at which time some 
Missionary intelligence is read to them by the 
Superintendent, who usually meets with them. 
Their collections amount to from $120 to $150 
annually.^ We esteem the amount of money 
they contribute as of little consequence, com- 
pared to the cultivation in their youthful hearts 

* In 1836, the amount collected reached $229 00. 



136 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

of feelings of benevolence and love towards those 
who are less favored than themselves."* 

In pursuance of an invitation from the Pro- 
testant Episcopal Sunday School Union, a con- 
nection took place with that institution in Octo- 
ber 1835, — the privilege being conceded to the 
school of using such books of instruction as it 
might prefer. This union was in accordance 
with the expressed wish of a large majority of 
the teachers. 

In a report to the Union by the Superinten- 
dent in June following, it is said, " Our prospects 
for the coming year are encouraging. We pre- 
sent now, as we have done during the eight yeai*s 
of our existence, a company of teachers faithful 
and devoted to their work, dwelling in harmony 
and love, willing to bear each other's burdens, 
and desirous to promote each other's good ; hav- 
ing constantly in view, in all their efforts, the 
spiritual welfare of their children." 

The report for the year 1837, which is the 
last recorded, if not the last rendered, does not 
disclose any thing worthy of mention here, except 



* The desire is very strongly urged upon the children of both schools, 
that their contributions should be entirely their own, — the earnings of 
their labor, or the reward of good conduct, or the result of self-denial, — 
that a double blessing may be realized, in which both the giver and re- 
ceiver shall peirticipate. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 137 

that the school had somewhat fallen off in num- 
bers from previous years. 

Since that period, — owing mainly to the es- 
tablishment of many other schools of different 
denominations within the limits of the parish, — 
there has been a considerable further decrease, 
both in teachers and scholars, but none, it is 
believed, in efficiency or good results. 

There have been, from the commencement of 
this school to the first of Jan'y, 1845, ninety-jive 
male, and one hundi'ed and thirteen female teach- 
ers; and in the same time, 2,800 children have 
received more or less instruction. Thirty-eight 
of the teachers, who were not communicants be- 
fore, and forty-three of the scholars, have been 
admitted to the Communion in St. Ann's. That 
many, very many more of the children may have 
received into their hearts, while under instruction 
here, that good seed which, since their removal 
hence, has sprung up and brought forth fruit, 
there is great reason for believing, from various 
circumstances and incidents that have from time 
to time transpired. 

Mr. Feet resigned the superintendency of the 
School in March last, and left it in care, for 
the time being, of Mr. A. D. Matthews, who, on 
the 12tli July following, was, by an election in the 
usual form, permanently invested with its charge. 



138 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Mr. Peet, during his long connection with the 
school, took great interest in its success, and de- 
voted much time to the discharge of the duties 
it devolved on him. And he had the gratifica- 
tion of seeing, before he left it, many of his early 
scholars among his most devoted teachers, others 
of them in the Ministry, and other?, again, occu- 
pying honorable stations in life, and dispensing 
around them those hallowed and grateful influ- 
ences which might be supposed to follow^ the in- 
structions here imparted. 



It is thought that a few extracts from the Re- 
cords of the school, through the long period of its 
history, may add to the interest which the reader 
cannot but feel in this important nursery and 
auxihary of the Church. These extracts, as will 
be seen, are mostly taken at considerable inter- 
vals apart, and therefore embrace but a small 
proportion of the addresses from the Rector and 
visiting clergymen, with which the children were 
favored. It should be remarked, also, that the 
Second School in later years enjoyed, though for 
the most part separately, much if not all the 
clerical instruction here referred to. 

Aug. 19, 1830 — A number of the congrega- 
tion being present, instead of the usual question- 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 139 

ing on the lesson, an extract from our absent 
Pastor's^ Journal was read, giving an account of 
his visit to the grave of ''Little Jane, the Young 
Cottager," and to the grave and former dwelling 
of the " Dairyman's Daughter." 

Oct. 31, 1830 — At an early hour, the room 
was filled with the parents and relatives of the 
scholars. After our Pastor [just returned to his 
people] had addressed himself to the teachers and 
children, the Superintendent alluded to the cause 
of his absence, and the answer that God had 
given to our prayers in his complete restoration 
to health ; and called upon the school to give 
him welcome in singing a hymnf of praise to 
God, prepared for the occasion, after which he 
addressed the school, and offered a prayer. 



* Rev. Mr. Mcllvaine, then absent for the benefit of his health, in 
England. 

t The following verses are selected from this hymn : 

Lord of Life ! our infant voices 

We would tune in humble praise ; 
Faith that waited — now rejoices, 
God is good in all his ways. 

Lord, our Pastor ever bless, 

To feed Thy lambs in righteousness. 

Thou hast borne him o'er the billow, 

While the stormy winds were high ; 
And Thy breast has been his pillow 

When disease and death were nigh. 

Thou hast been his strength in weakness, 

Thou hast been his refuge near; 
Thou hast raised him up from sickness, 

Thou hast banished all our fear. 

Lord of Life ! may now Thy pleasure, 

Prosper in thy servant's care ; 
Spirit ! send thy heavenly treasure, 
Bid us crowns of glory wear ! 



& 



140 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Oct. 2, 1831 — Closed school by singing a 
hymn appointed by our Pastor, in reference to 
his remaining with us, after having received two 
important calls. 

Ja?i. 22, 1832 — The school w^as opened this 
morning as usual, but with feelings of deep so- 
lemnity on account of the death of our dear 
scholar, Sarah Elizabeth Doughty, who was 
called to enter on her everlasting rest at fiYe 
o'clock on Friday morning the 10th instant. 
The instructions of the Sunday School were 
blessed to her, and she has left behind the sweet 
assurance that she sleeps in Jesus. Our dear 
Pastor visited and addressed the school on the 
solemn occasion. From the deep feeling mani- 
fested, we hope spiritual good will result. In the 
afternoon, the remains of Miss D. were taken 
from her residence to the Chm'ch, the school 
walking in procession, where the burial service 
was read, and an appropriate address delivered. 
[An interesting little volume, giving an account 
of the sickness and death of this young lady, has 
been published as a Sunday S. Library book.] 

Aug. 5, 1832 — Twenty-one of our teachers, 
and more than half our scholars, are either ab- 
sent from the village, or detained at home by 
sickness. One of our pupils \^Andrew Hihharcr\, 
about 11 years of age, died on Wednesday morn- 
ing of cholera. He occupied his accustomed 
seat in school last Sunday. 

Sept. 30, 1832 — Was visited by our dear Pas- 
tor, who addressed the School on the goodness 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 141 

of God in sparing our scholars so remarkably 
during the prevalence of the cholera, only one 
having died [young Hibbard], out of nearly 500 
teachers and scholars. 

Jan. 27, 1833 — The children and teachers 
contributed nine dollars this day for a destitute 
family. 

Ajnil 28, 1833 — Our much-loved Pastor vis- 
ited us this afternoon, and made his parting ad- 
dress [being about to leave to take charge of his 
diocese]. May the blessing of the Almighty rest 
upon us under the ministry of his successor, as it 
has under him. 

RECTORSHIP OF REV. MR. CUTLER. 

June 30, 1833 — Visited by our Pastor, who 
addressed to us a very solemn appeal from the 
wordsj " We must all appear before the judg- 
ment seat of Christ." Visited also by our late 
Pastor, who took each teacher by the hand, 
perhaps for the last time. 

Dec. 29, 1833 — Our Pastor addressed the 
children very impressively on the death of Sarah 
Woolsey, a girl of five years of age, who we have 
reason to hope is gone to her rest. 

April 13, 1834 — [Appears a record in relation 
to John Pettit, belonging to Mr. Geo. White's 
class, who had died the preceding week, after a 
short and severe illness.] 

April 20, 1834~Miss Ellen Smith, who has 
taught in our School the past five years, died on 
Monday last, the 14th instant, aged 36 years. 



142 ST. ANxN'S CHURCH. 

She had long been a consistent and devoted 
Christian, and leaves us, in the midst of our af- 
fliction, to rejoice in the comfortable hope that 
she now makes one of that glorious company 
who cease not day nor night to praise Him who 
hath washed them by his blood. [In the after- 
noon, our Pastor addressed to the School some 
impressive remarks on the importance of laying 
these afflictive dispensations to heart.] 

May 4, 1834 — The decease of another httle 
boy, Walter Nichols, is recorded this day. Al- 
though but six years of age, it is said he gave 
many evidences of a preparation for death, and 
the hope is expressed that " Jesus took him in 
his arms and blessed him." 

June 24, 1834 — Our Pastor examined the 
School in the Catechism, and then made some 
remarks on the occasion of the death of one of 
our scholars, for whom our prayers had been so- 
licited the two previous Sundays. School No. 2 
w^as present. 

Oct, 5, 1834 — Visited by Bishop Mcllvaine. 

Oct. 19, 1834 — Our Pastor addressed us on 
the bereavement experienced in the decease of 
Fanning C. Tucker, who was for six years a 
member of our School. The children were af- 
fectionately urged to lay the solemn warning to 
heart. 

Nov. 2, 1834 — Our Pastor addressed us, de- 
livering a message to the children he had received 
from a dying boy the past wxek. 

Dec. 21, 1834 — Our Pastor addressed us on 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 143 

the death of Miss Charlotte Bill, formerly one of 
our teachers. 

Dec. 28, 1834 — Oar Pastor, and B'p Smith, 
of Kentucky, addressed the School. 

May 17, 1835 — Visited by Messrs. Lockwood 
and Hanson, who are about to proceed to China, 
and are the first Missionaries to the heathen sent 
oat by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the 
United States. [They addressed the school in 
relation to their Mission, and requested that it 
and themselves might be the subject of prayer.]^ 

May 31, 1835 — Bishop Smith addressed the 
school on the subject of the China Mission. 

July 12, 1835 — The Superintendent read to 
the school an account of the sickness and death 
of Miss Enuna Malcolm, formerly a teacher here. 
Her death was that of the righteous. 

July 19, 1835 — The Superintendent read a 
letter from Edward Brindley, a student in Bris- 
tol College, giving an account of the happy death 
of his brother Freclerick, who was formerly a 
member of Mr. R. M. White's class in this school. 

Aug. 30, 1835 — This afternoon the 2d School 
met with us, and our Pastor preached to us a 
short sermon from the text, " Suffer little chil- 
dren to come unto me," &c. 

Sept. 6, 1835 — Visited by our Pastor and 
Bishop Mcllvaine. 

Sept. 29, 1835 — Visited by Miss Baldwin, of 



* They spent two or three years in one of the Chinese Islands, and 
then returned to this country. 



144 ST. AxNN'S CHURCH. 

Virginia, who is soon to sail for Athens (Greece), 
to assist in the Mission estabhshnient there. 

November 22, December 6 and 13, 1835, and 
January 3, 1836 — [The school was addressed 
by the Rector on the subject of Confirmation ; 
and also on the latter day by the Bishop of the 
Diocese, previous to the administration of the 
rite in the Church.] 

May 18, 1836 — We were visited this after- 
noon by Mr. Ruggles, a Missionary to the Sand- 
wich Islands, who gave us an account of the 
condition of children in those Islands, &c., and 
concluded by singing the two first stanzas of the 
Hymn, " From Greenland's Icy Mountains," in 
the language of the Sandwich Islanders. Visited 
also by our Pastor, vv^ho addressed the school. 

May 26, 1836— Visited by the Rev. Mr. 
Cuming, who addressed the school in a very per- 
tinent and impressive manner. 

June 26, 1836— Visited by Mrs. Hill, from 
Greece. 

July 26, 1836 — Visited by the Rev. Lancelot 
B. Minor,^ Missionary to Africa. Our Pastor 
preached a sermon this day in relation to the 
death of the presiding Bishop of the Church, the 
Right Rev. Dr. White.] 

July 31, 1836 — Addressed by our Pastor and 
the Rev. Mr. Greenleaff 



* Died in his field of labor, Cavalla, Western Africa, on the 29th of 
May, 1843. 

t Mr. G. occupied the pulpit during the absence of the Rector in the 
month of August. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 145 

Sejjt. 1836. — The school was opened by 
prayer by the Rev. Dr. Robertson, one of our 
Missionaries to Greece, recently arrived in this 
country (the 2d School being present). Dr. R. 
gave an interesting account of the schools under 
his care [at Syra] in Greece. He also spoke of 
the great destitution in which the children of that 
country lived, and urged upon our children the 
duty of desiring and cherishing a Missionary 
spirit. 

Sept. 25, 1836— Visited by the Rev. F. H. 
Cuming, Secretary of the Prot. Ep. Sunday Sch. 
Union, who preached in the Church, and took 
up a collection in aid of the funds of the Union, 
amounting to $120. 

Ja7i. 1, 1837 — Our Pastor addressed the 
School on the New Year. 

Jan. 15, 1837 — [The lamentable shipwreck 
of the barque Mexico, on Hempstead beach, in 
the night of the 1st inst., on her voyage from 
Liverpool to New- York, was the subject of an 
impressive address to the school by our Pastor.] 

Ajyril 2, 1837 — [The Superintendent read a 
letter from Mr. Charles Douglass, formerly a 
scholar here, who is now a member of Trinity 
College, in the University of Cambridge, Eng- 
land.*] 

* The Rev. Dr. Tyng, in an account of his visit to this University, 
during a public examination, after referring to the amount and severity 
of the tasks required of the pupils, has this paragraph : 

" I was much pleased to find among the names of the distinguished 
scholars at this examination, Mr. Douglass, a son of the President of 
Kenyon College ; and I was more than once complimented upon the 
character of this' young American." 



146 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

April 9, 1837 — The remains of Sophia Lee, 
a member of this school, were this day taken 
into the Church, where the fmieral service was 
performed. 

June 25, 1837 — The 2d School met with us 
this afternoon, and Bishop Mcllvaine made a 
very earnest and affectionate address to us on 
coming to the Lord Jesus Christ. He said he 
could tell us nothing new, but he brought good 
old things to our remembrance, and we trust the 
Holy Spirit will grant a blessing. Our Pastor 
likewise addressed the schools. 

July 2, 1837 — Visited by Bishop Mcllvaine 
and our Pastor. 

July 30, 1837 — Our Pastor addressed the 
school on the subject of the death of one of our 
former pupils, Miss Belinda Dean, who departed 
this life during the past week. 

Sept. 3, 1837 — Addressed by our Pastor and 
the Rev. E. W. Peet, of Chilicothe, Ohio. 

Oct. 8, 1837 — Addressed by our Pastor on the 
death of Rachel M. Smith, formerly one of our 
scholars. 

Nov. 26, 1837— Addressed by the Plcv. Mr. 
Goddard on the importance of building on the 
good foundation. 

Jan. 7, 1838 — Visited by our Pastor, who 
addressed himself especially to the children of 12 
years of age, from the words of our Saviour, in 
answer to his mother, when she found him in the 
Temple, listening to the doctors, and asking them 
questions : " Wist ye not that I must be about 
my Father's business !" 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 147 

Feb. 25, 1838 — Addressed by the Rev. Mr. 
Kellogg, of the Mission Church in Vande water 
street, N. Y. 

April 29, 1838 — Addressed by our Pastor on 
the subject of Confirmation, which holy rite is 
to be administered in the Church this morning 
[24 scholars, and 4 teachers were among the 
number confirmed.] 

May 27, 1838 — Addressed by our Pastor on 
the interesting fact that this day 10 years ago, 
this school was first commenced.^ 

July 1, 1838 — Our Pastor made a few re- 
marks to the school on the distressing loss of the 
Pulaski steamer. 

Sept. 2, 1838 — Our Pastor addressed the 
school in the morning. In the afternoon, preached 
a sermon to both schools. 



* In a sermon preached this day, or about this time, in the Church, 
the Rector said : 

" A Sunday School for the children of the Church was a most happy 
invention, and was doubtless inspired in the heart of a venerated and 
now sainted man by the Holy Spirit himself. For more than fifty 
years has this glorious expedient been in operation, and the zeal and 
activity of the Church have had an opportunity for continual and com- 
plete employment, 

" To sketch the origin, progress, and success of the Sunday School 
which, ten years ago, was commenced in this Church, and to describe 
its beneficial effects upon 150 teachers and 2500 children, would be a 
task too great for the present occasion. I can only say, that the labors 
of the teachers in this school (nowbecoine two) continue unabated from 
week to week, and I speak with solemnity and joy when I say, that the 
Spirit of God has of late apparently crowned this labor with success. 
Children have been transferred from the bench of the teacher to the altar 
of God, and like the Tree of Life, this Church has appeared not only 
covered with leaves, and laden with fruit, but at the same time orna- 
mented with buds and blossoms." 



148 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

The space already occupied by these extracts, 
enables us only summarily to notice a portion 
of the remainder that were copied for insertion. 
In June, 1839, the Superintendent referred with 
much impressiveness to the sudden death of Al- 
derman John Wright, Superintendent of the 2d 
Presbyterian School, and to that of one of our 
own scholars, Sarah E. D. Newton, an adopted 
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Doughty. — In 
January, 1840, Rev. Mr. (now Bishop) South- 
gate addressed the school, referring to the trials 
he endured in his then recent tour in Persia, 
&c., which were however more than recom- 
pensed by his consolations, and expressing his 
determination to devote his life to the missiona- 
ry work. He explained the manner in which 
the contributions of the scholars intended for the 
education of Greek children were calculated to 
be of general benefit to that country, exhorted 
them not to grow weary in well-doing, and al- 
ways to accompany their gifts with prayers for 
the spiritual illumination of their less favored 
brothers and sisters. — In November, 1841, Rev. 
Mr. Hill addressed the school in relation to his 
Mission establishment at Athens, when 8100 a 
year were pledged for the support of a beneficia- 
ry, to be selected by Mrs. Hill. — The Superin- 
tendent communicated to the school some ex- 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 149 

tracts of a letter from Miss Paterson, of Edin- 
burgh, in which mention is made of the death 
of her brother (Johri), who was for several years 
Secretary of this school. His decease took place 
under the paternal roof, February 5, 1842, and 
although not a professing Christian while here, 
it is inferred from his sister's account of his last 
days, " that he was a penitent, and found peace 
in the finished righteousness of his Saviour." 
— The murder of young Phelps was made by 
the Rector the subject of an admonitory address 
to the children. — The two schools, Sunday be- 
fore Christmas, 1840, contributed S28, (double 
the amount required,) to furnish the inmates of 
the Orphan Asylum with a Christmas dinner. — 
The funeral of Miss Mary Jane Van Pelt took 
place the 31st October, 1842, her remains being 
brought into the Church, where the burial ser- 
vice was performed, accompanied by such re- 
marks by the Rector as the occasion suggested. 
She had been connected with the school, as 
scholar and teacher, from its commencement, 
except for a few months in 1834, when she was 
a teacher in St. Paul's (Mission) School. A re- 
cord made at the time states, that she had "in 
all things commended herself to her teacher 
(Miss Ann D. Smith), the Superintendent, and 
the school." 



150 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Officers of School No. 1, from 1828 to 1845. 

Superintendent — Frederick T. Peet, until the 
31st of March, 1844, when he resigned. 
During his occasional absences, Rich'd M. 
White, Charles Congdon, and A. D. Mat- 
thews, had severally officiated. The latter 
gentleman succeeded Mr. Peet in the 
charge of the School. 

Secretarij — George A. Bartow, 1828. R. W. 
Dow^, 1829 ; lost, in the steamer Lexington. 
George W. Dow, 1830. Edgar J. Bartow, 
Nov. 1833. John Paterson, Nov. 1834; 
died in Edinburgh, 1842. E. J. Bartow, 
1838. A. E. Douglass, January, 1840. 
Henry Bancroft, Nov. 1842. Wm. Peet, 
June, 1843. John Birdsall, Dec. 1843. 
N. D. Morgan, Aug. 1844. 

Librarian — W. C. Booth, E. J. Bartow, jointly, 
1829. E. J. Bartow, 1830. Fanning C. 
Tucker ; died October, 1834. WiUiam J. 
Miller, March, 1834. Charles E. Craven, 
April, 1837 ; deceased. Wm. C. Flower, 
March, 1838. William Peet, Sept. 1838. 
Wm. Peet and Claudius B. Nichols, joint- 
ly, Feb. 1839. C. B. Nichols, June, 1843. 

About 1220 volumes in the Library. 



Srse .Secontr Scl^ool* 



The following is a reply to sundry inquiries 
made of the Rector just before his embarkation 
for England : 

Ship Sheffield, from Liverpool to New- York, 
At Sea, November 7th, 1843, Lat. 41. 4, Long. 67*. 

My Dear Sir : Your letter of May I have just 
reperused. Its contents have been in my mind 
ever since I parted from you. But my continual 
motion from place to place during a long jour- 
ney has prevented me from sitting down quietly 
to reply to your requests. I am happy to find 
that you have undertaken to collect some infor- 
mation concerning the Sunday Schools of St. 
Ann's Church ; because the success with which 
they have been crowned may encourage others 
to undertake a work, w hich, although applauded 
where faithfully performed, still might deter, by 
its arduousness, many timid and irresolute minds. 
This important undertaking was begun more 
than fifteen years ago, and the same enterprizing 
mind which was chiefly concerned in its com- 
mencement, has, with some others, continued 



152 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

through the whole period unremittingly to pro- 
mote it. Actively engaged in commercial la- 
bor, and occupied with the care of a large 
family, it may be inferred that to uncommon 
'perseverance, much of his success must be at- 
tributed. But human means, however impor- 
tant, are not the cause of success ; " Paul may 
plant and Apollos w ater," hut God must give 
" the increase." Prayer has been relied upon for 
the success of these schools as much as any other 
thing. Nor has prayer in this instance been 
merely the performance of a task, or the sub- 
mission to a rule : it has been the language of 
hearts sincerely anxious for the salvation of the 
souls in a certain sense committed to their charge 
— and it has been the effect of faith in the truth 
and promises of God's word ; . in that solemn 
truth, that " Except a man be born of water and 
of the Spirit, he cannot see the kingdom of God," 
and in that precious promise, that when " two of 
you shall agree, as touching any thing they shall 
ask, it shall be done for them." 

Prayer has not been confined to the opening 
and closing of the school, nor to the Sabbath 
only. In the w^eek, at the meeting of the teach- 
ers, this great duty has been performed ; and at 
other times, both in the closet and at the family 
circle, this work of supplication has been con- 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. 153 

tinned. Sure I am, that many and fervent, and 
I think effectual prayers have been raised for 
these schools, and such as may always be ex- 
pected to precede the outpouring of God's Spirit. 
So important and so natural an act had prayer 
become to the children, that when their Pastor 
went to Europe for his health in the year 1830, 
the members of School No. 1, then only in ex- 
istence, rose up in a body in the school, and 
promised to pray for their absent Minister daily. 
What a rich return for pastoral fidelity and affec- 
tion ! The letter, informing that Pastor of the 
fact, was received in the interior of England, and 
cheered greatly the despondency of an absent 
father and Shepherd ! Again, in the year 1843, 
when a succeeding Pastor was about embarking 
for Europe, from the same cause, the two schools 
assembled for the purpose of bidding him fare- 
w^ell ; and then, out of 400 children, most who 
were old enough to understand the request, rose 
up and made the same sweet promise of offering 
daily prayer for their Pastor and his family. 
That Pastor, who now writes this, was greatly 
comforted by such a promise, and especially on 
the Lord's day. If God *' heard the voice of the 
lad," Ishmael, will He not hear the prayers of 
children now, and if Chri^t was once pleased 
when children cried " Hosannah !" will he not be 

7 



154 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

intreated when children cry for mercy on one 
who had often brought them in the arms of faith 
to Him, and very many of them in the arms, and 
in the rite of Holy Baptism ] 

In considering the success of these schools, 
another feature must be noticed : it is the Gospel 
method of teaching the truth pursued in them, 
and the Church-like air of the schools. Many 
and many a funeral sermon has been preached 
in these embryo Churches,* for some teacher or 
juvenile member who had died : many and many 
a discourse on public calamities of pestilence, 
fire, or flood. Every thing which has agitated 
the community around, and of course interested 
the minds of the children, has been made the 
theme of discourse, and turned to a spiritual ac- 
count. Missionary addresses have been con- 
tinually delivered to them in a juvenile style, and 
their little and yet liberal donations to this cause 
have proved that such seed was not sown in vain. 
Nor have their Pastors and Superintendents only 
preached here, but very many other Ministers 
and Missionaries, and intelligent persons en- 
gaged in Sunday School instruction, have also 
come before them in the " fulness of the blessing 



* The reader cannot fail to have discovered the truth of this remark in 
perusing the preceding extracts from the records of one of the schools. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 155 

of the Gospel of Christ." The effect of this mode 
of teaching has been perceptible in a good at- 
tendance on the schools, and in a continual sup- 
ply of funds to the Missionary treasury of the 
Church : and incidentally, also, on the occasion 
of their present Pastor's departure for Europe. 
Supposing that he would visit Sunday Schools 
in a far country, some of the older children sent 
him written messages, (appropriate texts of Scrip- 
ture,) for their fellow Sunday scholars across the 
water. These were delivered afterwards by that 
Pastor to the children of the Sunday School of 
St. Stephen's Church, Coleman street, Lon- 
don, and drew forth from its children most ap- 
propriate Scripture messages in return. The 
same messages were afterwards delivered to the 
children of Rev. Dr. Marsh's Sunday School, 
Leamington, Warwickshire, and were attended 
by the same effect, and again to the children of 
the Rev. Mr. Hill's school. Rector of Freming- 
ton, Devonshire, with more impression than on 
either of the above occasions. Answers from 
these were also returned. The teachers of these 
schools were inquisitive to know the progress 
which St. Ann's children had made in religious 
knowledge, and were disposed to hold them up 
as an example. From still another Sunday 
School in London, an interesting and useful ad- 



156 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

dress has been made, and sent to St. Ann's 
schools, in return for their messages read by 
Mr. Hough, a zealous teacher of that school. 
Proficiency in Christian knowledge may well be 
expected of some of those children who have 
been in St. Ann's schools for eighteen years, 
and whose parents have taken great pains to 
second the instructions of their teachers. 

Having touched upon some of the causes of 
success in these schools, I proceed to recall the 
circumstances which led to the formation of 
School No. 2. 

When the present writer first entered on the 
Rectorship of St. Ann's Church in May, 1833, 
he found the Sunday School of the Church 
in the most flourishing condition. A large 
brick building erected for the purpose, 80 feet 
long and 25 feet wide, was literally full of scho- 
lars, and as the summer approached, became too 
much crowded for the health of the children. 
It was then that a second school was proposed. 
But so great was the interest of the teachers in, 
and their attachment to, this school, that it was not 
easy to find candidates for laborers in the new 
school. For a short time, however, the import- 
ance of the undertaking induced a sufficient 
number of persons to engage in the work. A 
meeting was held, a choir of teachex*s formed, 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 157 

and after nomination by the Rector, a Superin- 
tendent fixed upon and appointed. This school 
commenced with a small number of children, and 
for some years after its organization it was im- 
possible to place it on a footing, as it respects a 
room or accommodations, which should insure a 
rapid increase. It was held for a time in the 
gallery of the Church, then in a room procured 
in an adjoining street, and I believe in some third 
apartment* Nothing but the calm and perse- 
vering determination of the Superintendent and 
teachers, under the divine blessing, secured its 
final establishment. The house erected for the 
first school almost joined one side of the Church. 
Many of the congregation were unwilling that 
that house should be built, fearing that it might 
intercept the light, or otherwise injure the Church. 
When, then, it was proposed, as the only re- 
source for School No. 2, to add a second story 
to the first building, the project was disapproved 
by some, and although the most strenuous efforts 
were made by some kind friends in the vestry, it 
was not until a year after the presentation of the 
request, that a vote passed the vestry of the Church 
permitting such an addition to be made. As 



* We think the School was subjected to five or six removals before 
it obtained a permanent location. 



158 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

soon as this was effected, the Rector commenced, 
and even then the vestry dechned employing the 
funds of the Church in the work. They, how- 
ever, appointed a committee of their number to 
take charge of the work, and to report to them. 
As soon as this vote passed the vestry, the Rec- 
tor undertook the business of collecting funds 
from the congregation by personal application : 
and a sum not less than fifteen hundred dollars 
was thus obtained. This was not accomplished 
without much effort, as the design of raising the 
old building w^as not fully approved by the peo- 
ple. By this effort, a new room of ample di- 
mensions was acquired, 75 feet long by 25 feet 
high. From the entrance of School No. 2 on 
these airy and commodious premises, it began to 
increase, and continuing under the care of the 
same faithful Superintendent and teachers for 
several years, it became the source of spiritual 
edification to a large number of children. A 
more united and steady company of instructors 
were rarely seen. It is true they had the ex- 
ample of the first school before their eyes. But 
there was also no small discouragement arising 
from the same cause. The first school could not 
be equalled by the second ; for there were cir- 
cumstances connected with its establishment and 
operations which insured particular affection and 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. l59 

interest. Comparisons between the two would 
not fail to be made by the zealous supporters 
of the enterprize, and these would by no means 
increase their hopes of abundant success. Still 
they proceeded on from year to year until their 
numbers w^ere approaching fast those of the older 
and original school. In 1840, their first Superin- 
tendent left them, and took charge of a Sunday 
School in a new Church. This gentleman, Mr. 
Charles Congdon, in retiring from this useful, 
and to a Christian, honorable station, was re- 
warded by the strongest expressions of respect 
and affection from the friends and supporters of 
the school, but undoubtedly more still by a re- 
collection of the long-continued labors in the 
cause of his Saviour, which through divine grace 
he w as enabled and disposed to bestow. May a 
still higher reward be in store for him wdien the 
Lord makes up his jewels. Daring Mr. Cong- 
don's superintendency, many interesting facts 
might have been furnished for this sketch, had 
there been any knowledge of the present design, 
but to perform their duty seemed to be the first 
and last object of the teachers. The Pastor of 
this school w^as a witness of much that might 
well be know n, but at this distance of time it 
would be difficult to recover from memory its 
details. At a distribution of prizes for the per- 



160 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

feet recollecting of the Church Catechism, this 
school took its full share of rewards. And one 
of the boys who obtained a Bible or a Prayer- 
Book, testified on his death-bed to the truth of 
that promise, " Whatsoever a man sowetli, that 
shall he also reap." That boy " died in faith," 
and it is believed that the exhortations delivered 
by him during his dying hours will not soon be 
lost. To his remaining brother, and to his pa- 
rents, his addresses were most affecting, fervent 
and faithful. It may be well said of this youth, 
" though dead, he yet speaketh." 

Another fact connected with this school, is the 
ordination to the ministry of the next Superin- 
tendent, the Rev. John Carpenter Srnith, Rec- 
tor of a Church in Wooster, Ohio.* 

Mr. Smith was a Sunday School scholar of 
St. Ann's Church. He became a teacher in 
School No. 2, afterwards its Superintendent, and 
then was ordained by the Bishop of New York 
to the Gospel ministry. This itself is one of the 
finest fruits of this good work. What a stimulus 
to teachers is the thought, that some of the youth 
who are receiving instruction at their hands are 
destined to be the future lights of the world. 
Who can doubt but that the influence of the 

* Now of Trinity Parish, Rockaway, L. I. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 161 

Sunday Scliool contributed largely to form the 
determination on the part of Air. Smith to be- 
come a Minister of Christ ! How large, then, 
may be the circle of blessings within which a 
Sunday School operates ! and how may a pious 
lay teacher preach to a benighted world through 
the instrument which he has raised up ! Minis- 
ters, Missionaries, and mothers in Israel, will 
undoubtedly proceed in one unbroken rank from 
these fountains of knowledge to enlighten and 
bless the Church and the world. 

The next Superintendent of this school was a 
teacher in School No. 1, now the Rev. C. Ban- 
croft, Minister of St. Paul's Chapelry, Quebec, 
L. C. Under Mr. Bancroft the school flourish- 
ed ; and its numbers became about equal to those 
of the original School No. 1. The weekly bib- 
lical lectures of Mr. Smith and Mr. Bancroft to 
the teachers were considered as valuable means 
of improvement, and like all the efforts of Chris- 
tian benevolence, were twice blessed, first to the 
hearers, and next to the speakers themselves. 
To what finer kind of discipline can the expec- 
tant of holy orders submit, as preparatory to the 
exercise of the Pastoral office, than this ? He is 
first the scholar, then the teacher of scholars, 
and afterwards the teacher of teachers. If our 
blessed Lord laid great stress upon " feeding his 

7* 



162 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

lambs," and if the Sunday School is the nursery 
of the Ministry and of the Church, then a people 
may be sure of such a blessing who possess a 
Pastor graduated from these institutions. The 
finest talents and the most ardent piety may fail 
to convert adults and men who have grown old 
in vice ; but simple, steady, and prayerful em- 
ployment of Sunday School instruction cannot 
fail to be crowned with success. Train up a 
child in the way he should go, and when he is 
old he will not depart from it. Under the last 
mentioned Superintendent, the library was con- 
siderably enlarged, and at his ordination in July, 
1843, the school had not fallen from the flour- 
ishing condition under the long-remembered and 
judicious superintendency of the once teacher 
and scholar, the Rev. Mr. Smith. May the 
blessing of God the Father, Son, and Spirit, rest 
upon their labors. With the proper qualification 
of a thorough literary, and of the prescribed 
course of theological studies, with youth and 
health, and with a large circle of Christian friends 
to aid them with their prayers, much maybe ex- 
pected from the ministry of these two young and 
zealous Pastors. But to vv^hatever usefulness or 
eminence they may arrive, it cannot be doubted 
that they will look back to the Sunday School 
as the fountain-head from whence their ministe- 
rial usefulness took its rise. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 163 

A letter, received from Mr. Bancroft by the 
Rector of St. Ann's, while in England, shows 
the spirit of piety which exists in the germ in 
many a youthful member of his late charge. 

[This letter enclosed texts of Scripture from 
both scholars and teachers, put into the form of 
letters, with the addition, in some cases, of ex- 
pressions of affection for their Pastor, and desire 
for his return. Mr. B. says, " Some of the chil- 
dren appear to be seriously inclined, though not 
decidedly pious. Last Sunday, I asked those 
to rise who had remembered to pray for their 
Pastor, and the majority of the school arose."] 

Now, my dear Sir, I have complied with your 
request as far as possible, while distant from 
home and the records of my parish. That your 
design may be attended with success, is the sin- 
cere wish of your faithful and attached Pastor, 

B. c. c. 

Darino; the absence of the Rector, the school 
was addressed, among other clergymen, by the 
late Superintendent (the Rev. Mr. Smith), 
on two occasions; by the Rev. J. W. Miles, the 
newly appointed Missionary to Syria; and by 
the Rev. Mr. Kellogg. Mr. Smith alluded very 
happily to his former connection with the school, 
and exhorted the teachers to consider well their 



164 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

" high calhng," its honor and responsibihty, and 
to take care that they were not less dihgent and 
conscientious in the discharge of its duties, than 
in the business affairs of hfe. An affectionate 
appeal was also made to the scholars. 

In the month of July, a letter, directed to St. 
Ann's schools, was received from the Rector, 
dated " London, 30th June," in which he gives 
an account of his visit and address to the schools 
connected with the Re\ . Josiah Pratt' s Church, 
before referred to. In the course of his instruc- 
tions in our schools on the Sunday previous to 
his leaving Brooklyn, he put various questions 
to the children as to the most interesting portions 
of the Bible to a sinner, referring especially to 
the 16th verse of the 3d chapter of St. John, 
and bringing as distinctly and vividly as possible 
before the youthful mind, that boundless love that 
would save a perishing world. But so power- 
less were words to express the immensity of this 
love, that even He who had command of all lan- 
guage, the blessed Saviour himself, could only 
say, " God SO loved the world,'' &c. On the 
occasion of his visit to the London schools, 
mentioned above, our Pastor pursued a similar 
course of instruction, asking nearly the same 
questions, and receiving the same answers. He 
then delivered the messages which our children 



THE SUNDAY SCyHOOLS. 165 

had sent — " taking out, one by one, the httle pa- 
pers on which they were written, and reading 
them, and then commenting on each." The 
question was then asked, if any boy or girl 
wished to send a message to children over the 
water, 3000 miles off] A boy named this : 
" Watch and pray, lest ye enter into tempta- 
tion ;" and a girl this : " I love them that love 
me, and they that seek me early shall find me." 
From these two texts, our Pastor drew an instruc- 
tive lesson for his own " dear lambs." And in 
the commencement of this letter he says to them : 
" Ever since I parted with you, on Sunday the 
14th of May, in the Chapel, you have been in 
my mind. The promise of many of you to pray 
for me I have fondly cherished, and the promise 
I then made to pray for you I have faithfully 
performed. Daily have I thought of you before 
a throne of grace, and prayed that you might 
remember your Saviour in the days of your 
youth." 

Some weeks after this, three letters were 
transmitted by our still absent Pastor from Mr. 
Pratt's school, one from the boys, another from 
the girls, and the third from the Superintendent 
of the male department. The letter from the girls, 
evidently written, as it purports to be, by one 
of their own number, is certainly creditable to the 



166 ST. A^N'S CHURCH. 

school, especially as the pupils are of a condition 
in society that necessarily confines their instruc- 
tion mainly to that which is obtained on Sun- 
day. The letter is dated July 8th, and the fol- 
lowing are extracts : 

" From the Sunday School Girls of the Church of St. Stephen's, Cole- 
man street, London, to the Sunday Schools of St. Ann's, Brook- 
lyn : 

" Dear Brothers and Sisters : During the visit 
of your beloved Pastor to this land we have been 
highly favored with his presence at our Church 
and school, and were much pleased with the 
account he gave us of the progress of religion in 
America.^ We received by him many in- 
teresting lessons from you, for which we return 
you our sincere thanks, and trust we shall ever 
remember and live according to them ; for how 
great will be our condemnation, if we neglect 
those blessed things we are taught. We think 
we are greatly blessed in having such a Pastor 
as the Rev. Josiali Pratt, in promoting our wel- 
fare, and encouraging us to go on with zeal in 
the Missionary cause, of which he is considered 
the father here.f Think, dear fellow-scholars, 

* Our Pastor had given an account of the state of religious instruction 
in the schools connected with his own Church in Brooklyn. In the 
minds of these simple-hearted girls, Brooldyn probably comprehended 
all America! Nor is this want of geographical knowledge to be deemed 
a reproach to them, when many of their more favored countrymen, with 
some of the editorial fraternity, frequently betray more lamentable igno- 
rance in regard to the extent and divisions of our country. 

t This, we believe, is strictly the fact. It is said by the London Re- 
cord, that " for twenty years, he conducted the affairs of the Church 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 167 

what a privilege it is for us to be born in a Chris- 
tian land, where the Gospel is freely preached to 
all, — with Sabbath schools to attend, and so 
many dear teachers to instruct us in the way of 
sah'ation, and warn us to flee from the wrath to 
come. Our Superintendents, who are the Misses 
Pratt, we owe many thanks to, and trust we shall 
ever be grateful for their kindness and instruc- 
tions, and, with the blessing of God, profit by 
them, and bring forth fruit like good seed in a 
fruitful soil, knowing that we are not oar own, 
but bought with a price. .... 
O may we give our hearts to God in our youth. 
Then is the time, if we would be blest with his 
peculiar smile. . . . He has said, 

" I love them that love me, and they that seek 
me early shall fmd me." We have every op- 
portunity of doing so ; let us embrace it. 
Pray earnestly for the Holy Spirit to strengthen 
you ; for " by grace are ye saved, through faith, 
and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God." 

Missionary Society almost single-handed ; and when he gave up the 
Secretaryship, he consented to become Chairman of the Corresponding 
Committee. He was the sole projector, and for more than twenty years 
the sole editor, of the Missionary Register^ So great an interest did he 
take, also, in the infusion of a Missionary spirit into the Episcopal 
Church of this country, that, in a correspondence with the late Bishop 
Griswold on the subject, he urged the formation of a Missionary Society 
here, and proffered, it is believed, besides any other assistance he could 
render, a contribution to its funds. 

The intelligence of Mr. Pratt's death reached here a {qw weeks since^ 
He had been for more than twenty years Minister of St. Stephen's, 
and is succeeded by his son. He was the intimate friend of Mr. Cecil, 
and at one period his Curate (at St. John's, Bedford Row ). 



168 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Be obedient to yonr teachers, for in so doing 
you will please God. Pray for all nations, and 
may your prayers, with the prayers of England, 
be answered to the good of many souls." . . 

[Signed by seven Girls.] 

The letter from the Superintendent covered 
eleven texts of Scripture in the autographs of the 
same number of boys. They had requested to 
be allowed the privilege of sending us these 
Scripture epistles, both as an acknowledgment 
of those thev had received from our schools and 
as a token of their good will towards us. The se- 
lection of texts, though from memory at the mo- 
ment of writing, was for the most part appropri- 
ate. That of the first boy was, 

" Kemeinber thy Creator in the days of thy 
youth, before the evil days come,'' S^c. 

And that of the last, 

" The eyes of the Lord are in every place he- 
holding the evil and the good!' 

The Rev. Mr. Bancroft, in reading the letters 
and texts to the schools, interspersed such re- 
marks as were pertinent to the occasion and the 
subjects suggested. 

Mr. Bancroft ended his duties in the school 
on the 24th of September, preparatory to leaving 
for Quebec. He had previously sent in his re- 
signation as Superintendent, and received from 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 169 

the teachers, through a committee, a token of 
their sense of his personal worth and official ser- 
vices, for which he had tendered his acknow- 
ledgments. On taking leave of his charge, he 
affectionately and earnestly exhorted the children 
to "seek first the kingdom of God," assuring 
them that all needful things would be added ; 
and expressed his thankfulness to the teachers 
for their uniform kindness towards him, as well 
as ready co-operation in all plans for the pros- 
perity of the school. 

At the instance of Mr. Bancroft, and by the 
concurrence of the teachers, the charge of the 
school, until the return of the Rector, was com- 
mitted to Mr. F. G. Fish, who was afterwards 
further continued in charge until the last Sunday 
in May, 1844, when Mr. Bancroft, having re- 
turned to the city, and become Assistant Minis- 
ter of the parish, resumed the superintendency. 

The Rector, as before related, returned on 
Sunday morning, the 12th of November.* In 
the expectation that he would visit them in the 
afternoon, both schools assembled in the Chapel 
at 2 o'clock, many of the congregation being 
present. The children rose on his entrance, and 



* A good deal of anxiety seemed to prevail in the school on the pre- 
vious Sunday, at the length of time which had elapsed since the sailing 



170 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

on reaching the desk he offered a short prayer, 
which commenced with these words : " Blessed 
Jesus ! at Thy feet we parted with these dear 
lambs ; at Thy feet we meet them again." A 
Hymn, prepared for the occasion, was then sung 
by the schools. This was followed by a few ,. 
remarks from the Rector, in the course of which 
he said, that nothing at any time gave him more 
happiness than to meet the assembled children 
of his flock, but that happiness was now greatly 
enhanced by the reflection that a few hours be- 
fore there was little or no prospect of his being 
thus favored. The contrast of his situation on 
the deck of a sinking ship, entertaining scarce- 
ly a hope of escape, with the cheering scene be- 
fore him, excited emotions beyond the power of 
words to express. He said he had much to 
communicate that would interest the schools, — 
some letters and messages to read, &c., — all of 



of the Sheffield. This state of feeling was embodied in a " Prayer for 
our Pastor," which was intended to bs sung the morning he arrived, 
but a more joyous strain was happily called for. The following are 
two of the verses : 

For his frail bark we watch and weep. 
So long, long toss'd upon the wave. — 

O thou art mighty, fearful Deep ! 
But One is mightier still — to save ! 

Saviour ! who once to earnest prayer 

Bade winds and fears alike to cease, — 
So, peaceful home our Shepherd bear, 
And to his flock i-estore like peace. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 171 

which might occupy the spare moments of two 
or three Smidajs. The schools which he visited 
abroad, presented a very different aspect from 
those of St. Ann's. They were composed, for 
the most part, of children in far less eligible cir- 
cumstances in life. But the benefits and privi- 
leges which the Sunday School offered were, 
perhaps, fully as much prized and improved by 
them as by the children here. He concluded by 
referring to the distribution of Bibles and Tracts 
on board ship, and the apparently rehgious — and, 
in their great extremity, tranquillizing — influence 
thereby produced. 

The communications referred to above were 
subsequently made. A letter was read from Mr. 
Edwin Hough, head clerk in the office of one of 
the English religious societies, addressed to St. 
Ann's schools, which the Rector desired might 
be answered by them. Various texts of Scrip- 
ture, from two or three schools in London with 
which Mr. H. was connected, accompanied the 
letter, which, he said, was " a voice from the 
land of our fathers," and which contained some 
excellent admonition to our children, a familiar 
illustration of the nature or meaning of Faith, and 
a kindly reference to our Pastor, who was com- 
mended to our " increasing love." 

Letters were also read from Miss Pratt and 



172 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

Mr. Waddlngton, Superintendents of the male 
and female departments of Mr. Pratt's school, 
and much other matter of interest and instruc- 
tion was communicated. 

A few days after the Rector's visit to St. Ste- 
phen's, a large number of teachers and others 
called at his lodgings, to make inquiries as to the 
state of Sunday School instruction in the United 
States. In the course of conversation, the 
" Christmas Offering" of our children Avas men- 
tioned. The idea was entirely new to them, 
and they seemed to be impressed with the belief, 
as were many others to whom it was afterwards 
communicated, that the adoption of the plan in 
England would lead to great results. 

The intercourse thus commenced between 
these widely distant schools — first suggested by 
our Pastor, — may not only be the source of many 
pleasant recollections, but be productive of much 
good, by enlarging the sympathies, if not the 
minds of the children, on both sides of the water, 
and by stimulating them to a more diligent im- 
provement of their blessed privileges. 

Several hymns had been written by persons 
connected with the school, or by their friends, 
to welcome the return of the Rector. Copies of 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 173 

these, with a note expressing the continued re- 
spect and affection of the teachers and scholars, 
having been, at their own desire, sent to him 
through the Acting Superintendent, the follow- 
ing letter of acknowledgment was returned : 

Rectory ot St. Ann's Church, Brooklyn, Dec. 18, 1843. 

My Dear Sit, — None but the Saviour and 
Searcher of hearts can know the emotions of 
gratitude which filled my soul on the morning of 
Sunday, the 12th of November last, when I came 
in sight of St. Ann's Church, and saw the sun 
gilding its tower. I dare not indulge myself in 
describing my feelings. It was a resurrection 
from the grave. You may judge, then, what 
were the feelings of affection and humility with 
which I listened a few hours afterwards to the 
singing of those hymns which you have sent me, 
while in the midst of the children and teachers 
of the Sunday Schools. 

You will not be surprised to know that I in- 
stinctively shrunk from so undeserved an honor ; 
and yet I could rejoice in that high sense of the 
value of a Christian Pastor's services, which the 
teachers and scholars entertained, and which 
gave rise to the composition and singing of those 
hymns. To my dear and most highly esteemed 
friends, and invaluable fellow-laborers of the Sun- 
day School, present my sincerest thanks, and to 



174 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

their beloved flock my most devoted pastoral 
aflection, and believe me, in the best of bonds, 
Most affectionately, yom's and theirs, 

B. c. c. 

A Dorcas Society, consisting mostly of the 
teachers of the school, was formed in the fall of 
1841, for the purpose of providing clothing for 
poor scholars and their parents. It has been 
continued through the winter months since, and, 
besides giving comfort to many famiUes, has 
greatly aided in keeping up the attendance of the 
school. The ladies meet once in two weeks, 
from house to house, — preceding the labors of 
each evening by reading a chapter from God's 
Word, and closing them with a hymn of praise, 
and occasionally by prayer."^ 



* In suspending their operations in the spring of 1844, for the warm 
season, one of their number wrote a neat and appropriate " Parting 
Hymn," which was discoursed in very charming music by the " Dor- 
cases" present. Two of the stanzas were as follow: 

Our means, though small, have cloth'd 

God's little ones, distress'd, 
Such babes as when on earth 

Our dear Redeemer bless'd. 
Then we will Heaven's great King adore 
For smiling on our scanty store. 

Oh ! what a sweet return 

For time andjabor given — 
Souls, souls immortal, train'd 

For happiness and Heaven : 
Then let us part with hearts at rest, 
For God our work of love hath bless'd. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 



175 



Officers and Teachers, September 1, 1833. 
[The school was commenced the previous month.] 
(now of 



Charles Congdon, Sup't 

Emmanuel School.) 
Wm. H. Carter, Sec'y, (removed 

to Flushing.) 
Miss Catharine Disbrow. 
Miss Margaret Back. 
Miss Sarah Herner. 
Mrs. Harris, 



Mrs. Charles Congdon, 

Mrs. Jane Ten Eyck. 

Mrs. A. D. Matthews. 

Miss Helen Teller. 

Miss Ellen Cole. 

Geo. Rhodes, (removed.) 

John Gregory. 

Arthur Dugdale, (deceased.) 



Mr. William A. Morgan was Secretary of the school for several years, 
and actively engaged in promoting its prosperity. 



Officers and Teachers, January 1, 1845. 
Rev. Chs. Bancroft, Superintendent. 



H. P. Morgan, Secretary. 
Henry G. Nichols, Librarian. 
Abraham Halsey, Assistant 
brai'ian. 



Li- 



Female Classes. 
Miss Ann D. Smith, (Female Bi- 
ble Class.) 
Miss Ellen Cole.* 
Miss Sarah Herner.* 
Miss Cornelia Frieke. 
Miss Eliza W. Baldwin. 
Mrs, Elizabeth Dorsett. 
Miss Maria Messenger, 
Miss Euphemia Halsey. 
Miss Hannah Johnson. 
Miss CM, T, Smith, 
Miss L, Margaret Tyson. 
Miss Maria Louisa Lewis. 

Messrs. Henry G. Nichols, O. D. Burtis, Thomas Lownes, and 
James W. Greene, Visiting Committee of the School. 



Miss Maria Baldwin. 
Miss Phebe Ann Smith. 
Miss Rosa Messenger. 
Miss Jane Gault. 

Mole Classes. 
Mrs. Jane Ten Eyck.* 
Mrs. Charles Bancroft. 
Mrs, F. G. Fish. 
Miss Ann Rose. 
Mrs. A. M. Harper. 
Mr.F.G. Fish (Male Bible Class).t 
Mr, Henry Bancroft. 
Mr. A, M. Harper. 
Mr. James B, Smith. 
Mr, Stanhope English. 
Mr, Ferdinand Walker. 
Mr. Robert W. ZuiU. 
Mr. Chas. H. Robinson. 



* These, it will be seen, have been teachers from the beginning, 
t And aiding occasionally the Superintendent. 



176 



ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 



Ef}t iFirst School 

Officers and Teachers, January 11, 1829. 
[At the opening of the new building erected for the school.] 



Female Teachers. 
Miss Mary Ann Wetmore. 

" Mary Wilson. 

" Sarah M. Crommelin. 

" Baylis. 

" Sarah White. 

" Ann D, Smith. 

" Sarah F. Hopkins. 

" Charlotte Bill. 

" Susan M. Taylor. 

" Julia Kirk. 

" Eliza Demai. 

" Louisa Greenwood. 

" Eliza Wilson. 

« Mary F. Walker. 

" Eliza Van Doren. 

" Henshaw. 
Mrs. J. W. Burtis. 
Miss Ellen Louden. 



Miss Isabella M'Hinch. 
" Mary Dow. 
" Frances Gill. 
" Rachel Smith. 
" Caroline Banning. 

Mile Teachers. 

Mr. Richard M. White. 

" Elijah Sprague. 

*' Andrew Comstock. 

" Judah Back. 

" Leonard Smith. 

" Wm W. Fettit. 

" Richard S. Tucker. 

" Oliver D. Burtis. 

" Mardenbrough White. 

" Condit Barkeloo. 

" James W. Burtis. 

" J. L. Van Doren. 



Officers and Teachers, Decemher 29, 1844. 



Female Teachers. 
Miss Harriet Brainard. 

" M. A. Duffield. 

" Emily Puffer. 

'' S. B. Titus. 
Mrs. B. C. Cutler. 
Miss P. B. English. 

" Elizabeth Chew. 

" Jane Dikeman. 

" Elizabeth Peet. 

" Catharine J. Sands. 

'' Rebecca Peet. 

" H.Phelps— (Bible Class). 

" M. Hill Sands. 

" Eliza Dikeman. 

" Sarah Cole. 

" Harriet Dow. 

'• Ellen Callaffhan. 



Miss Caroline Callaghan. 

" Phebe Pettit. 
Mrs. J. S. Doughty. 
Miss A. C. Titus. 

" Annie Cornell. 

" Mary J. Frieke, 

Male Teachers. 
Mr. A. D. Matthews, Act'g Supt. 
" N. D. Morgan, Secretary. 
*• C. B. Nichols, Librarian. 
" Wm. W. Pettit. 
•■' Marcus F. Hyde— (B.Class). 
" Wm. R. Wadsworth. 
" C. A. Van Kleeck. 
" Thomas Doughty. 
" John M. Beytel. 
" William Chartres. 



Siandiui^ CommUtee, chosen in 18.35. — Messrs. Thos. I. Chew,"Cyrus 
Bill, Col John M. Gamble (deceased), James H. Clarke (deceased), 
R. M. White (removed), A. D. Matthews, W. W. Pettit, and the Su- 
perintendent (ex officio). 



T HE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 



177 




jg^_g»ggg;iit;bjj,r)«g^iaaf^^-.j:.»;^>!U^ 



In the above Engraving will be seen a representation of the Sunday 
School as originally built, and first occupied by School No, 1, in Janu- 
ary, 1829. The names of the teachers at that time are inserted on the 
opposite page. The additional story, for the accommodation of No. 2, 
and which fortiis the Chapel, was completed in 1837. This story is 
exhibited in the Engraving which faces the title page. 



The Children's Church. — Separate services are held on Sunday, 
morning and afternoon, in the lower room, for those children who have 
no seats in Church, and any others disposed to be present. The at- 
tendance thus far has been about one hundred, and a good deal of inte- 
rest is beginning to be manifested by the young worshippers. Mr. C. 
A. Van Kleeck and Mr. W. R. Wads worth are the Readers. 



The Teachers' Meeting continues to be held weekly, in which both 
schools unite, and is rendered interesting and profitable by the instruc- 
tions of the Assistant Minister, who usually presides. It is held in the 
Chapel, and the attendance is generally good. 

The names of Mrs. Sarah Wait, who is temporarily absent from the 
school, and Miss Brittan, were inadvertently omitted in the Ust of teach- 
ers in the Second School, as printed on page 175. 



8 



178 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

^Iriiitional. 
What the labors and influence of a Sunday 
School teacher of the right spirit can accom- 
plish, and sometimes do accomplish, may be 
seen from the following statement, made up to 
the beginning of 1843. A teacher in School 
No. 1, in something less than ten years, had 
given instruction to 67 scholars. Of these, 

There still remain in the Class, - 10 
Deceased, - - - - - 2 

Transferred to other schools in the city, 6 
In Sunday Schools in New- York, 2 

In Sunday School in Connecticut, 1 

— 21 
In Brooklyn, but now unconnected with 

School,*^ - - - - 12 

Removed from the city, and residence 

unknown, - - - - - ]9 

" to Philadelphia, (a pious boy,) 1 

" to England, - - - 1 

Preparing tor the Ministry, at Boston, - 1 

Teachers in First School, (including 1 

Librarian,) ----- 4 
Teachers in other schools, - - - 7 

In all, ^^ 

If the present number of the class, and the 
nine who are known to be in other Sunday 
Schools, together with the two deaths, are de- 
ducted, there will remain 45. Of these, eleven 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 179 

— nearl^^ one-fourth— are engaged as Sunday 
School teachers, and it is possible that some of 
those whose residences are unknown, may be 
doing good in the same way. 

Of the deceased, one, who died at the age of 
11, after a painful illness of nearly three years, 
during which it was a source of grief to him that 
he was not oftener enabled to attend the school, 
is thought to have given evidence of having taken 
the Saviour to be his everlasting portion. The 
other was lost from on board a vessel of w^ar in 
the Pacific, in a violent storm, when no efforts 
could have rescued him. As it is known that he 
had long bitterly regretted his separation from 
the paternal roof, the hopQ is indulged that he 
also sought to be reconciled to his heavenly Pa- 
rent, and was forgiven. 

It is by no means intended to ascribe all the 
good fruits in this case to the instructions of the 
teacher alone, or even to the Sunday School. 
Other influences, doubtless, had their effect. Yet, 
after all reasonable deductions are made, much 
must be placed to the credit of " faithful Sunday 
School teaching ;" especially as, in this instance, 
many of the scholars could have received little 
or no religious instruction at home. 

The teacher of this class has also been prin- 
cipally instrumental, within the last five years, 



280 ST. ANN'S CHURCHi 

of establishing six Sunday Schools in Sullivan 
county, N.Y., among a population in a great de- 
gree secluded, and almost wholly destitute of 
religious privileges, and has kept them supplied 
with libraries from donations of books he has 
solicited and obtained from schools in Brooklyn, 
among which those of St. Ann's have not been 
the lelst liberal. The schools thus established 
have been the means of silently and almost im- 
perceptibly spreading the truths of the Gospel 
where the ministry could not be had, and in 
some instances persons who were openly op- 
posed to their formation at first, have, through 
their instrumentality, '^ put on the new man," 
and become themselves laborers in the field. 
The books have greatly aided this good result. 
They are read, not only by the children who 
take them out, but by or to tlie families to which 
they belong, and by their neighbors around. 
Thus, a religious, practical, evangelical book, al- 
though a quiet, often becomes an effective 

preacher. 

■ • 

It has not been ascertained that more than 
seven deaths have occurred among those who have 
been connected with the Seco?id ScJwol, since its 
commencement nearly twelve years since,— 
three teachers and four scholars. 

Mr. Arthur Dugdale, one of the first teachers, 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 181 

died of consumption three or four years since, 
but some time after he had left the school. 

Mr. S. Evans, a teacher, died about two or 
three years ago, having suffered for a consider- 
able time from mental derangement. Both Mr. 
Dugdale and Mr. Ev^lns died abroad. 

The third teacher was Miss Anfi Amelia 
Hitchens, whose death occurred October 18th, 
1843. She became connected with the school 
in May, 1840, and joined the communion the 
July following. It is the testimony of the then 
Superintendent, " that her light shone steadily 
and brightly always," and that she manifested 
the " graces of the meek and humble Christian." 
The last Sunday she was in school was the one 
immediately preceding the departure of her Pas- 
tor for Europe. During most of her long illness, 
she was visited by the present Superintendent of 
the school (before his recent sojourn in Cana- 
da), and derived from his conversations much 
consolation. To a sister teacher, who spent a 
night with her just before her decease, she said, 
in answer to an inquiry, " I believe my sins are 
all washed away in the blood of the Lamb." 
She spoke of her love of Christian society, and 
of the blessedness of the Sunday School, and 
sent a message to the children, exhorting them 
" to be very attentive to their teachers' instruc- 



182 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

tions." Her mind loved to dwell upon the 14th 
chapter of St. John, and upon the hymns be- 
ginning, " Rock of Ages 1 cleft for me," " Jesus, 
Saviour of my soul," and " Jesus, my strength, 
my hope !" It having been -remarked to her 
that she might yet be spared until the return of 
her Pastor, whom she greatly desired to see, she 
replied, that as she had " lingered so long, it 
might be the Lord had more work for her to 
do." Just before her departure, she said to some 
one about her, " Tell my dear friends, all is 
peace — all is peace ;" and expressions of similar 
import had frequently fallen from her. She 
bore her long sickness without a murmur, and 
finally yielded up her spirit in the full assurance 
of a blessed immortality. Her remains were 
taken to the Church, and the funeral service was 
performed, in the absence of the Rector, by the 
Rev. W. H. Lewis, of Calvary Church. In a 
brief address, he alluded to the amiable Christian 
character spontaneously accorded to the de- 
ceased by those who knew her, and to her un- 
obtrusive habits and charitable disposition. 

Of the deceased scholars, one (young Gillis) 
has already been referred to in the letter of the 
Rector. Another, a little girl about four years 
old, whose name is not recollected, died in con- 
sequence of having been accidentally burnt. 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 183 

The third, Julia B. Craig, (sister of one of 
the teachers,) entered the school soon after its 
commencement, and is said to have always 
manifested much interest in its instructions. A 
sermon which she heard some time before her 
death made a deep impression upon her mind, 
and caused her frequently to refer to it, and es- 
pecially during her sickness. The prayer of 
faith, it is declared, may ''save a soul alive," and 
that she had a prayirig teacher is inferred from 
a letter written to her pupil, in which her spiritual 
welfare is strongly pressed upon her considera- 
tion. " Can I hope," she asks, " that the seed 
which I have endeavored to sow in faith, has 
begun to bud in your soul \ If so, do not feel 
diffident to disclose to me your feelings. It will 
be my great delight to be the means of leading 
you to that Saviour who is able and willing to 
heal both soul and body." That she was indeed 
led to that Saviour, there is reason to hope. She 
died in the year 1838, at the age of fourteen. 

Julia Dickinson, whose death occurred in Oc- 
tober, 1841, at twelve years of age, appears to 
have given very satisfactory evidence that she 
was truly " a member of Christ" and " child of 
God." She would repeat to her mother, with 
expressions of delight, such* passages in the ser- 
mons or prayers of her Pastor as particularly in- 



184 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

terested her. Jesus wa%, with her, a sweet name. 
She was confident that she should see him and 
her Christian friends in heaven, and would en- 
deavour to sool he the grief of her parents by re- 
minding them that the separation would be short, 
and the meeting again " so happy." 

Henry Phillips, of the First School, nine or 
ten years of age, was drowned while on a visit 
to Newburg. He was docile, apt to learn, and 
obedient to parents and teachers, and his friends 
were consoled with a good hope that all was 
well with him at the last. 



Eleven hundred and sixty children have re- 
ceived instruction in School No. 2, since its 
commencement. 



A portion of the preceding pages in relation 
to the Sunday Schools, was submitted to the 
Rev. J. Carpenter Smith, with a request that if 
any thing of especial interest, which occurred 
during his connection with them, had been omit- 
ted, he would be kind enough to supply the de- 
ficiency. The following extracts from his an- 
swer to this request, cannot fail to gratify the 

reader : 

• 

The subject of Sunday Schools generally is 

one which finds a ready response in every Chris- 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 185 

tian's breast. But anything in relation to those 
connected with St. Ann's Church, comes to me 
clothed with peculiar interest. • It calls forth the 
recollection of many scenes which will never be 
effaced from mj memory. 

In a communication from the present beloved 
Rector of St. Ann's, a touching allusion is made 
to my past connection with those schools, as 
scholar, teacher, and superintendent, with the 
remark : " Who can doubt but that the influence 
of the Sunday School contributed largely to form 
his determination of becoming a Minister of 
Christ !" To this I can heartily respond. I 
will not detain you with my " experience" as a 
scholar of the Sunday School. It will ever be, 
on my part, a subject of thankfulness to God 
that I was early a member of that institution for 
the training of the lambs of the flock. Though 
from my youth belonging to a " household fear- 
ing God," yet it was in the Sunday School that 
first I listened, and was led by Divine grace to 
Him who will be found by those who seek him 
early. When I first made a profession of re- 
ligion, in baptism, I was a Sunday School scho- 
lar, and likewise when I ratified my vows in the 
rite of confirmation. How far, by the blessing 
of God, the instructions of my faithful Sunday 
School teachers contributed to lead me on from 
resolutions to actions, I will not say, but I can- 
not resist the promptings of my feelings to add, 
that if ever I am so happy as to be made a par- 
taker of the joys above, as a sinner saved by 
grace, I trust it will be but the ending of a course 



186 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

first commenced under the moulding influences 
of the Sunday School. 

I regret my inabihty to furnish you with any 
incidents of interest in connection with the Se- 
cond School during the time I was its superin- 
tendent. While I sustained that relation, the 
school was a field in which many faithful teach- 
ers labored. " The unity of the Spirit in the 
bond of peace," seemed to be characteristic of 
their actions. There was a devotedness and 
zeal in the cause at all times manifested, 
whether in the labors of the Sunday School, or 
the exercises of the Teachers' meeting, which 
seemed to say, that the love of Jesus was the 
constraining motive. I believe we had many 
praying teachers. And I know, my dear sir, you 
will agree with me in saying, that these are the 
most efficient laborers in Sunday Schools. Pray- 
ing and dieting — just the true Missionary spirit, 
which, whether put forth by the Christian in the 
work of his salvation, or the teacher in the Sun- 
day School, or the Minister in his labor, is that 
which best can bring about the establishment of 
Christ's kingdom in our own hearts, and in the 
world. And the prayer of faith, combined with 
faithful effort, seems to be the great requisite in 
Sundav School labor. It is the minds of the 
young which form almost an unoccupied field, 
upon which this labor is brought to bear. They 
are thus fortified against the snares of the world 
and the assaults of infidelity. Present fruit may 
not always be seen — it is not always to be ex- 
pected. And here is where faith is called into 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 187 

exercise. The praying and faithful Sunday 
School teacher ipay often diligently lahor in 
behalf of his youthful charge ; he may be " in- 
stant in season and out of season," in sowing the 
good seed of the word ; he may not see any 
fruit ; but it may be, when he has finished his 
labors and gone to his rest, his work will lollow^- 
The seed may take root and spring up. Some 
poor, wandering prodigal, far from home and 
happiness, may be directed to Jesus, and find 
peace and joy in believing, when among the 
scenes of by-gone and better days, he remembers 
the plan of salvation through a crucified Saviour, 
which was told him in his Sunday School. And 
among those who will hereafter labor in heathen 
lands, there may be many, in whose hearts the 
first germs of piety and devotion to God, were, 
by the Spirit's blessing, implanted by some' pious, 
humble Sunday School Teacher, whose earthly 
form may then be resting quietly beneath "the 
clods of the valley." God works by means. Could 
we see the chain of events by which in his pro- 
vidence he has brought the Gospel even down 
to us, we should, perhaps, find that often the 
labors and influence of some humble Christian 
have been the ordained means of raising up and 
sending out the messengers of the Gospel of 
peace, till they have reached us. And how 
knows the pious Sunday School tea.cher but 
that his labors, poor and unworthy though he 
think them to be, and in weakness and fear 
though they be performed, may not be blessed 
by God so as to form an important link in that 



188 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

chain of events which will usher in the glorious 
day of prophetic vision, when the kingdoms of 
this world will become the kingdoms of the 
Lord, " and the knowledge of the Lord shall 
cover the earth as the waters cover the sea." 
This, my dear sir, is an encouraging truth. It 
not only seems to bid the Sunday School la- 
borers " onward," but also to tell us that in the 
great day when the Lord's servants are owned, 
and the golden crowns are given, the Sun- 
day School teacher, faithful to his trust here 
below, will then " shine forth as the stars" among 
those who " have turned many to righteousness;" 
and that theirs will be the Saviour's welcome : 
" Inasmuch as ye have done it to the least of 
these, ye have done it to me." 



An incident occurred at the last Missionary! 
meeting in the Chapel which it may be of mte- 
rest to notice in this connection. The even- 
ing having been devoted to the seamen's cause, 
which it was proposed to aid, the Rector said 
there was a gentleman belonging to St Ann's 
Church present, who, if he could be persuaded to 
do so, might relate many thrilling adventures of 
the sea-faring life. He had risen through all the 
regular grades of his profession to that of Cap- 
tain of the ship in which he sailed. He had 
been a- Sunday School scholar, and, at the al- 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 189 

tar, participated in the higliest privileges of 
the Christian behever ; and since that period 
he had on Sunday conducted the regular service 
of the Church on board his ship. He was em- 
phatically our oibn sailor. The Captain then 
came forward, and confirmed what had been 
said, — delicately referring to the piety of a mo- 
ther who had placed him in the Sunday School, 
where his first serious impressions were received, 
and to the higher instructions of a Pastor, which 
had prepared him for admission to the commun- 
ion, and forced upon him the duty of supplying 
to those under his command, as far as he could, 
those religious privileges which their calling pre- 
vented them from enjoying in the sanctuary. 

An officer of the Navy present, formerly a tea- 
cher in the Sunday School, and much engaged 
in the cause of seamen, also made very many 
interesting remarks, in the course of which, in 
alludhig to* the wreck of the Sheffield, he said 
that the danger of those on board was even 
greater than had been apprehended. If there 

had been two or three dashes more againsl* the 

* 

sand, all would have been lost, unless some spe- 
cial mercy had interposed in their behalf 

There have been several pubhc examinations 
of the children, which always showed satisfac- 



190 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

tory results. For a number of years, the schools 
united with those of other denominations in their 
anniversary celebrations ; but since 1841 the 
Episcopal schools have assembled by themselves. 
The first separate meeting was in St. Ann's, 
when a sermon was preached to the children by 
the Rev. Mr. Haight, of New York. In 1843, 
also in St. Ann's, the scholars were addressed by 
the Rev. W. H. Lewis, and teachers and parents 
by Mr. Hilghf. In 1844, the schools met in 
Christ Church, and were addressed by the Rev. 
Mr. Bedell and the Rev. Mr. Walter. 



The Rector read last Sunday (February 23) 
to the Schools assembled in Church, a letter from 
William Spencer, the youth mentioned on page 
114 as having been sent out by St. Ann's to 
Jubilee College, to be educated with a view to 
the Ministry. The letter is addressed to the Rev. 
Mr. Bancroft, and the following is aa extract : 

Jubilee College, Jan. 1845. 

Rev. and Dear Sir — I hope you will excuse 
my not writing to you before, but the reason is, 
I have waited w ith the expectation of receiving 
a reply from you to my first letter. I think that 
you will feel anxious to know what progress I 
am making in my studies. I think I understand 
what I have already learnt in Latin. We ex- 
pect to begin Caesar in about two months, and 
in Greek we are already in the contracted nouns 
of the third declension. We use Anthon's Greek 



THE SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 191 

and Latin Lessons. There are not rooms for 
all the boys in the lower classes — but two large 
dormitories, in one of these I am placed with 
seven other boys, four of which are not studying 
with any definite object, and only one intends 
going through the course. The other three are 
going away within a year. I will now tell you 
our daily rules. We rise at half-past six, have 
prayers (in school-room) at seven — breakfast 
about half-past seven — go to school at nine, have 
dinner at twelve or half-past, go to school at one, 
come out at half-past four o'clock — have supper 
at half-past five — study from half-past six to half- 
past eight, at which time we have prayers,— 
and then have liberty to retire. 

We had beautiful services in our Chapel on 
Christmas eve. (The Chapel was illuminated 
with candles, and decorated with evergreens.) 
Prayers were read by the Rev. Samuel Chase, 
and the sermon preached by the Rev. Dudley 
Chase, (the Bishop's son). — Preached from 
Psalm xl, 9, " Lo, I come." There is a pretty 
good congregation. The people come 15 and 
20 miles distance to Church, and I cannot de- 
scribe the eagerness with which they seem to 
receive the word of God, and the spirit of devo- 
tion which seems visible in the countenance of 
all during the administration of the Lord's Sup- 
per. When I look on such holy scenes as this 
in a part of the country so destitute of religious 
instruction, I hope and feel glad for the time to 
come, When the knowledge of the Lord shall 
cover the earth as the waters cover the sea. 



192 ST. ANN'S CHURCH. 

With respect to my companions, they are all 
in all very agreeable, although I must add with 
regret that there are some few who do not by 
their actions show the purity of their minds, but 
these are amongst the number of irregular stu- 
dents. I have felt at times (since I have been 
here) very melancholy when 1 thought of Eng- 
land and my dear mother and her pious instruc' 
tions, and I think this has been increased by my 
receiving so few letters. But I reflect with 
gratitude, that through every feeling of trouble 
that same Almighty arm has sustained me, which 
has guided and pi'otected me throughout all my 
life, and I think I can sav with that beautiful 
Hymn, the 184th, which we so often sing, 

" In each event of life, how clear 
Thy ruling hand I see, 
Each blessing to my soul more dear,' 
Because conferred by thee." 

He adds, that the country around " is very 
beautiful," and that in five minutes time he can 
be in some of the delightful retreats near the 
College, and there " pour out his soul to" God, 
and enjoy his presence in undisturbed peace." 
He thinks his desire to enter the Ministry be- 
comes stronger every day, — cannot say that he 
was ever happier than when in St. Ann's Sun- 
day School, — was rejoiced to hear of Mr. Wat- 
son's ordination, — and desirous to be remem- 
bered to him, to the Rector, and to the 1st School 
and its Superintendent. 



MARRIAGES BAPTISMS. 193 



3^ecorIr of iRftarriases. 

Rev. E. D. Rattoonr — "On th821th June, 1790, married Cornelius 
A. Remson, son of Rem Remson, to Miss Margaret Pearson^ 
daughter of William and Anna VVilhelmina Pearson, both of 
the township of Brookland, e. d, r." I 

" On the 1.1th Nov'r, 1790, married Henry Harman, of New 
York, to Mrs. Sarah Doughty, of Bedlar's [Bedlow's, proba- 
bly] Island. Witnesses, Mr. Timothy Crawley and Mr. and 
Mrs. Sulian [or Julian]. e. d. r." 1-2 

Rev. SAMHfc Nesbitt — November 1793 ,to July, 1797 .... 33 
Rev. JoHNiRELAND — September 9, 1798, to September 19, 1807 . 121 
Rev. H. .T. Feltus— December 1, 1807, to June 16, 1814 ... 84 
Rev, J. P. K. Henshaw — January 1, 1815, to January 16, 1817 . 39 
Rev. Hugh Smith— July 20, 1817, to September 28, 1819 . . . 39 
Rev. H. U. Onderdonk— December 22, 1819, to October 17, 1827, 116 

Rev. C. P. McIf,VAiNE— Tn 1828, IG; 1829, 7; 1830, 5; 1831,22; 

1832, 12; 1833, to May 8 70 

Rev. B. C. Cutler— From May to end of 1833, 22; 1834, 21 ; 

1835, 18; 1836,9; 1837, 13; 1838, 11; 1839, 12; 1840, 17; 

1841, 13; 1842, 7; 1843, 7, and 1 by the Rev. Mr. Kellogg, 

8 ; 1844, 13 164 



August 20, 1783 — John, son of John and Helena Van Nostrand — 
" Copied from a certificate of Rev. Jamks Sayre, Minister of 
the Episcopal Church at Brooklyn Ferry" 1 

October 13, 1787 — Joseph, Benjamin, and Abigail, children of Jo- 
seph and Margaret Cawood, baptised by the Rev. Mv. Wright 3 

October 23, 1789, to March 19, 1792— Certified l2th June, 1792, by 
the Rev. E. D. Rattoone, "Minister of the Church at Brook- 
land," as having been baptised " according to the rites and cere- 
monies of the Church of England." 29 

June 4, 1792, to August 19, 1T92 — Certified as being baptised "ac- 
cording to the rites and ceremonies of the Protestant Episcopal 
Church," by Ambrose Hull 4 

January 13, 1793, to May 4, 1795 — Baptised by the Rev. Samuel 

Nesbitt 22 

Under the Rectorship of Rev. John Ireland^' 307 

" " Rev. H. J. Feltus 211 

From July, 1815, to October 3, 1819 — Undei the Rectorship of Rev. 

J. P. K. Henshaw and Rev. Hugh Smith 108 

8 



194 



ST. ANN'S CHURH. 



October 31, 1819.— By the Rev. Dr. Milnor 1 

November, 1819, to October, 1827--By the Rev. Mr. Onderdonk 400 
November 11, 1827, to May, 1833— By the Rev. Mr. McIlvaine 245 
May, 1833, to January, 1845— By the i.iev. Mr. Cutler . . . 715 



BBtirtals. 

" 1794, June 16 — Buried in the church-yard of St. Ann's, Brooklyn, 
Mons'r Antoine Louis Legar, aged 67 years, native of Perigord, in Old 
France. 

N.B. This record was filled up by me, this 5th of November, 1800, 
agreeably to written instructions from Dr. Samuel Nesbitt, Rector of St. 
Ann's Church at the time of said interment. John Ireland." 



1790- Rev. Mr. Nesbitt 


3 


1821- 


-Pev.Mr. Ondeitonk23 


1791 " *' 


2 


1822 


(» 


t< 




25 


1792-3— Not recorded. 




1823 


(( 


l( 




20 


1794— Rev. Mr. Nesbitt 


1— 6 


1824 


(( 


({ 




45 


1795, 6, 7— No record 




1825 


{( 


(C 




51 


1798— Rev. Mr, Ireland 


4 


1826 


(C 


<( 




64 


1799 " " 


4 


1827 


(C 


i( 




43-305 


1800— No record. 




1828- 


-Rev. Mr. McIlvaine 


41 


180:- Rev. Mr. Ireland 


1 


1839 


(. 


<i 




56 


1802 " '« 


10 


1830 


<( 


(( 




10 


1803 " " 


18 


1831 


(. 


(( 




48 


1804 " " 


18 


1832 


" Cholera " 




53 


1805 " " 


12 


1833- 


-To May 


(( 




7-215 


1806 " '* 


11 


1833- 


-Rev. B. C. Cutler 


25 


1807 " 


11—89 


1834 


K 


c 




39 


1808 to 1813 inclusive— N 





1835 


(( 


(( 




37 


record, but there were 


1836 


(( 


a 




34 


reported to the Con v. 


80 


1837 


(C 


(( 




25 


1814— Rev. Mr. Henshaw 


7 


1838 


(( 


i( 




36 


1815 " 


27 


1839 


U 


(( 




34 


1816 " " 


8—42 


1840 


(( 


(( 




25 


1817— Rev. Mr. Smith 


16 


1841 


(( 


(C 




22 


1818 " 


20—36 


1842 


C( 


<( 




35 


1819— Rev. Mr. Onderdonk 16 


1843 


(C 


(( 




17 


1820 " 


18 


1844 


(C 


(C 




31-360 




<H:otifltrmstionj 




During 


the present Rectorship. 








November 10, 1834, . 








34 


persons. 


January 3, 1836, 








26 


I 


April 29, 1838, 








58 




Feb. 24, 1839, at St. Johns 


7 * * 






5 




April 25, 1841. 








63 




February 25, 1844, 




. 






60 





€:ommttntcants o! St. Pith's <g:f)ttrc§. 



For the convenience of printing, the names of the Communi- 
cants are pat in a smaller type than was at first proposed, and 
are therefore compressed within a considerably less space. As 
CAPITALS are employed, however, the eye will notbeoflfend- 
ed by the change. 

It will be perceived that the names of the Rectors and Com- 
municants are so' arranged as to show at a glance under whom 
any particular person first came to the Communion, and, so far 
as could be ascertained, how long each person may have con- 
tinued, — the letter m signifying member. Thus, on the next 
page, it will be seen that Mrs. Sarah Middagh, who communed 
under the Rev. Mr. Wright, continued a member under all the 
ministries dowiTto the fourth year of the present Rector ; and 
that Mrs. Sands and Airs. Boerum, also communing under 
Mr. W., are slill members. Israel Horsfield, the seventh name 
on the list, it will also be seen, became a member under Mr. 
Rattoone, and continued to Mr. Ireland : whether he then re- 
moved, or died, is not known. And so of the rest. 

There are doubtless some errors in this List ; but they arise 
from the impossibility of avoiding them, and not from any 
want of pains to insure correctness. That there are many 
omissions, is certain. Some persons, coming to the Commu- 
nion from other Churches, never n;ave their names to the Rec- 
tor, and others have omitted to do so until sometime afterwards. 
They would in either case fail to be recorded. In some few 
instances, these omissions have been supplied. 

The letters S.S.T. indicate that the person was a Sunday 
School Teacher on coming to the Communion, or has been 
since ; ^.iS. show that the person was a pupil of tlie school. 



MEMBERS.... 17§8 to 1§45. 



o 



COMMUNICANTS 



178S Mis. SARAH MIDDAGH 

jMrs. ANN SANDS m 

IMrs. JANE BOERUM m 

1790;JOHN VAN NOSTRaND.. 
MARTHA GLEAVES.... 
MARGARET GLEAVES.. 

ISRAEL HOIlSriELD 

JOSIAH BROWN 

ELIZABETH BROWN. . 
JOHN MIDUaGH 

Dr SHREAV^ES 

MARTHA SH (I EAVES 
SARAH CARPENDER 
ABIGAIL PATCHEN 
TIMOTHY NOSTRAND., 
ELIZAB. CORNELL, Sen 
MARG VAN MATER 
ELIZABETH GILES 
ELEON'A McMULLIGAN 

MARY MIDDAGH 

JANE BOGART.., 

ELIZAB. HOIISFIELD 
GEOllGE POWERS 

1791 GIDEON WEIRS..., 
PAUL DAYIIEI-L... 
MARY D.\YRELL.., 
Mr.s. GATH PLACE 
SARAH POWELI 

1792 Mrs. SAR.AH CORNELL 
JHANNAH CORNELL 

Mrs. AYKINS 

1799 Mrs. HaNNAM IRELAND 

SCHULTZ 

Mrs EL I, EN GRIGG 

Mrs. HARRIS 

Mrs. ELIZAB CORNELL 
Miss CORNELL (d. E. sen 
Mrs. ROBBINS 

^800 Mrs. MARY DAWSON.. .. 
Mrs. SARAH MORiUS 

1831 WM. GUIGG 

Mrs. LUCY CARPENDER 

Mrs. BUCKNER 

Mrs EFJZA MAMER 
CLEM'T MERIUAM 

1802 Mrs. MARY TITUS (late 
Mis-i Viin Nootrand) 

Mrs. I.UDLAM 

MARTH.\ DEMOTT 
JOHN VAN PELT, S^n 
JOHN VAN PELT, Jr 
Mrs. VAN PELT. Jr 
Mrs. CARPEN PER, Sen 
Mrs HICKS, Widow 
303 SUSANNAH BROWN 
THOMAS BARFE 
ALICE BARFE... 
|WM. CORNELL., 
Miss FOOTE 
PHOEBE ATLEE 
MARY DEHUaH. 

May ELIZAB. MA(;KAY 

July ELIZAB. SACKETT 




REMARKS, 



Wid. of John. Died, 
[Aug. 13, 1837, 
[aged 92. 
Died, 
Probably Matthew. 

D'dOc,16,1805, a. 61 



Died, 



Removed to N. Y. 

Died 1798. 
Removed, 
Deceased, 

Do. 
Removed, 

Do. 

Died, 1826, a^ed 82. 
Romovcd to N. Y. 
Died, 1803, a>re<i 58. 
Died, June, 1809. 
..!Died,Sep. 30, 1816. 
Removed, 
mm mi 



..IDied 1820. 

Removed to N. Y. 
Dif'd 1831. 
Removed to N. Y. 



Rem. 1831. 
Of the Vestry. 



Deceased. 
Rem. to Conn. 

Rem. to N. Y. 

Do. • 

Do. 
Deceased. 



Rem. 
Do. 
Died Dec. 19, 1302. 



Died 1803, aged 60. 
Rem. 



Died Oct, 10, 1803. 
Died June 1816. 



July 3] 
Oct. 23 

Dec. 25 

1804 
Feb. 12r 

Mar. 13 

May 20 

July 8 
Dec. 25 



COMMUNICANTS. 



1805 

April 14 



Sept. 19 



Oct. 27 i 



1806 
Feb. 5 



jOct. 26 

Dec. 25 

1807 
iMar. 29 { 



WM. CORNVVELL 

Mrs. ELIZ'H CORN WELL 

JANE STRINGHAM 

THOMAS CANFIELD , 

SARAH CANFIELD 

HILAH COOK , 

STEWART 

STEVVART 

Mrs. BECK , 

'• ELIZABETH FIELD . 
.Miss M. WOLFENDALE... 

Mrs. FURMAN, Sen 

ELIZABETH SCRIBNER,. 

RICHARD AUCAT , 

LUCY AUCAT 

Mr. PHILLIPS 

Mrs PHILLIPS 

Mrs. BART. TITUS 

PHEBE BAYLEY 

Mrs. LEMON 

" BUEWER.Sen 

ROBERT HODGE 

Miss HODGE 

MART. VAN NOSTHAND. 
JOHN HAMMEL, Sexton. . 

JEMIMA HAMMEL 

Mrs. ANN W. BARBARIN.. 

" JE.MIMA RETONG... 

ADOLPHUS BIIOWER 

Mi.<s MARY McLEOD 

LAMBERT MOORE 

REBECCA MOORE 

HANNAH HEWLt;TT.... 

Mr. BIRCH ."; 

Mrs. BIRCH 

" GOODERICH 

Mi.5S FRANCES MOORE... 
Mrs. M M. ONDERDONK. 

TAMJ^R HOLMES 

Mr. SVIITH 

Mrs. SMITH 

" BROWN 

S. ANN VAN NOSTRAND. 

Mr. MILWARD 

.Mrs MILWARD 

Miss MILWARD 

.VIrs. CORNKLL, Sen 

" McLEOD 

" HARRIS 

BETSEY, (freft black) 

JOE " " 

Mr. INGRAHAM 

.Mrs. INGRAHAM 

" UDALL 

" LANDMAN 

" SUTHERLAND 

Miss POST 

Mrs HICKS 

" WEED 

Miss HORSFIELD 

Vlr.-^ MaRY SEAMAN. ... 

lOHN STEWARD 

Mrs. MARG'T STEWARD.. 

" SARAH HARRIS 

" FISHER 

JAMES B. CLARKE 

Mrs. ELEANOR CLARKE. 



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mj. . 

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m!m 

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m 

m 

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REMARKS. 



Vestryman, &c.,died 1830, 
Died March 25, 1826, a. 86, 
(Mrs. Israel Abrahams.) 
Removed. 



Removed. 
Died Aug. 13, 1805 
Ded May 3, 1S04. 
Removed. 



Vestryman and M. D. C. 



Sexton. 

Removed to St. John's.— 
[Now warden St. Mary's. 

Died 1829, aged 95. 



Deceased. 



> Joined 3Iethodist Ch. 

Died Sept. 11, 1842, ag. 83 
Died Oct. 30, 183G, ag. 74 
Removed. 



Removed. 

Died July 12, 1806. 

Died 1835, aged 84. 
Removed. 



Died 1822, aged 86 7 
Deceased. 



Removed. 
Died Dec. 1842. 



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COMMUNICANTS. 


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> 




REMARKS. 




n 




"5 


S 


•fi'g 


T 


3 










flH 


X 


"/J 

tn 


O 
m 


m 


m 






Oct. 13 


Mrs. HURST 


m 


m 








Mrs. CHAUNOEY, Sen 


ni 




. , 








Removed. 






JOSHUA SANDS 


m 


tn 


m 


m 


m 


tn 


Vestryman, Warden. &c. 






Mrs JOHN CORNELL 


m 












[Died Sept. 13,1835, 






JOHN GIBBS 


m 












[aged 77. 






Mrs. ISABELLA GIBBS 


m 


















Miss MESSIER 


m 

m 


m 


m 


m 


m 


tn 






Mrs. MARY MILLER 






Mrs. JOHN J. JOHNSTON 


m 


m 


m 


m 


in 


m 


Now of St. Luke's. 




1809 


FANNING C. TUCKER 


m 


m 


m 


m 


in 


ni 


Removed to New York. 




Eister 


Mrs. A. M TUCKER 


m 


111 


m 


m 


in 




Died Feb'y, 1833. 






R. CONOVER CORNELL 


n 


in 


m 


m 


m 


m 








Miss HOPPER 


m 
m 


m 


m 


m 


m 


in 


Married. 




Miss SARAH DEAN 






Mrs DEAN, Sen 


m 


m 


ni 


tn 


m 


m 








Mrs. PIERREPONT 


m 
ni 


m 


m 


m 






Died 1822, aged 68. 




Mrs. MESSIER 




Oct. 15 


Mis. ISaBELI-A murphy... 


m 


in 


in 


m 






Died 1825. 






Miss CATHARINE CORNELL, 


ni 


ai 


tn 


m 


ni 


m 


(Daugtiter of John.) 






TUNIS JOHNSON 


m 


















Mrs. TUNIS JOHNSON 


m 


















Mr.=! JANE HUNTER 


n> 
m 
















Miss J \NE HORSFIELD 




1810 
Easter 


Mrs. MiKINNEV 


m 
m 


m 


m 


m 


m 




Died in 1S28. 




Mrs. HEWLETT. 






Mrs. ANDERSON, Sen 


m 


m 


in 


m 












Mrs. E WREN 


m 

t; 
















Miss VANMATER 






Mrs. PHEBE MARTIN (widow) 


m 


m 


m 


m 


m 


m 


Died Nov. 3, 1835. 




Dec. 25 


Mrs BEGOIN 


m 
















ISIl 


HENRY HEWLETT 


m 
















Mdrch 3 


N HEWLETT 


m 

m 


m 


tn 


m 


nj 


m 






Miss JANE GaULT S.S.T. 






" CORNELL 


ni 
m 
















Mr TAYLOR, (or^finisl) 






Mrs. RANDECKSR 


r 


11 


m 


in 


ni 


tn 


Died Jan. 3, 1837, aged 65 






" D.WID STEWART 


m 


in 


ni 


m 


m 


ni 








" .IANE(Aii'm)TREDWELL 


M 


m 


ni 


in 


ni 


in 


Died Oct. 29, 1837. 






Mi.^s ANN REMSON . . 


m 








.. 




(Mrs. Angus.) 




1812 


Mrs. WILEY. Jr 


m 


















Miss ANN CORNELL 


m 


m 


ni 


m 


ni 




Daughter of W. J. C. D'd 






ROBERT BARFE 


ni 


. , 










Removed. [1827. 






Mr PESTINA 


m 
m 
















Mrs PESTINA 






Miss MARIA GAULT 


tji 


















" ANN RHODES... 


m 
















1813 


" JULIANA ANDERSON.. 


m 


















Mrs. WM. J MILLER 


m 
m 
ni 
w 
ni 
m 




in 


m 


m 


in 
m 


(Mrs. Mastin.) 

Removed to Geneva. 
Narrows, I/. I. 




Mr. POPE 




Mrs. 1 OPE 




Col. J. G SWIFT 




Mrs. LOUISA SWIFT 




" N. L MARTIN 






" ANN HURST 


m 
n) 


tn 
m 


m m 
m m 


III 


01 


Died Easter Monday,1834. 




MARY JANE, or JAHN 






WM. M' JENKINS 


ni 
m 














OLD TONEY. (mlorerl). 






Miss MARGARET CORNELL. 


m 


m 


m ni 


m 


m 






1814 


" CHARL'TTE MILWARD 


m 


n 


m ni 


ni 


m 


Now at Christ Church. 






Mrs. MATRON 


m 
m 
m 


tn 


rn 


m 


ni 








Miss KETTLETAS 




WALTER NICHOLS 






.lOHN JACKSON 


ni 


m 


m 


ni m 




Withdrew. 






Mrs. HUM.\STON 


m 






i 








1815 
May 21 


•' COWAN 


m 


m 
rn 
m 


m 
ni 
m 


tn m 
ni m 
tnim 




nprpqsed. IS.*?!. 




JOHN HAMMEL 


m Now warden of St.Mary's 
ii Sr. Marv's. 




Mrs. JEMIMA HAMMEL 
















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May 21. 
July 11. 
Sept. 17. 



Nov. 12. 
Xmas. 



1816 
Feb. 11. 



Easter. 



Nov. 23. 
Dec. 25. 



1817 
lEaster. 



Auk. 31. 



1818 
Jan. 18. 



jMar. 29, 

May 17. 

Aug. 9, 
Oct. 25 

Dec. 25 



1819 
Ap. 11. 



COMMUNICANTS. 



Mrs. RICH 

" RUCKLE,Jr 

JAS. W BURTIS S.S.T, 

Mrs. J W. BURTIS S S.T. 

" M.'VRIA RENSHAW 

«' DIANA RIKER 

" MARIA SEAMAN 

" SUSAN LEWIS..... 

" MIDDAGH. Jr 

JOSEPH PETTIT, , 

ABIGAIL STILLWELL 

Mrs. MARY BUCKBEE 

ANN DENTON SMITH S S.T. 

Miss PHEBE SMITH S.S.T. 

Mrs. CATHARINE WISE 

«' JANE ANN VAN PELT 

HANNAH COX, (colored) 

REBECCA SPOONER 

CHARLOTTE MATTHEWS 

MARY ANN DUFFIELD. ..S.S.T. 

MARGARET SMITH 

Capt. F. H. ELLISON 

Mr,^. F H. ELLISON 

CHARLES HEWLETT 

HEN RY DIKEMAN ^ 

Mrs: CARTER 

MARY COLE 

DORCAS TITUS 

ROBERT PETTIT 

SARAH H. RICHARDS 

SIMEON PETTIT 

MATTHEW JAMES 

JAMES ASH. (colored) 

Miss PARKER 

Mrs JULIANA MAFFITT 

" SUSANNAH M TAYLOR. . . 

" FRANCIS PATCHEN 

MARY GILL 

VIARTHA ALLEN 

DEBORAH STRETCH 

Mrs ELEANOR L. SMITH 

.IAS. P. F CLARKE 

Mrs. CLARISSA CADY 

" ELECTA CADY 

NANCY Mc NEILL 

Mrs. ANN ANGUS 

DONALD MALCOLM 

Mrs ERMINA D. MAL^ OLM.. . . 

" MARY BEDEI,L 

" SARAH WATERBURY 

" EXPERIENCE McCOUN.... 

Miss WHITE 

Mrs, .lOH N MARTIN 

JOHN FISHER 

Mrs. SARAH ANN MARCH 

ROBERT RHODES 

ABRAHAM VAN NOSTRAND... 

(OHN H MOORE 

Mrs .lANE BAYLEY 

>t!S.s CHARITY SMITH 

Mrs. JANE SMITH 

" VAN NO.STRAND 

" ANN WORK 

" (Capt.)EVANS 

MARY NOEL ELLISON....S S T. 

JUDAH BACK S.ST 

Mrs. BERRY, (widow) 



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Died May 1843. aged 80. 
Died Ap 2, 1839, aged 73, 
Died 1817. 



(Now Mrs. Robert Petiit.) 



Withdrew 1829. Died 
[Sept. 1841, aged 54 



mm.. Died Dec. 24, 1823. 
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Rector, Manhassett, L. L 
Died Oct., 1827. 



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Died 182S, aged 52, 

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Deceased. 



Oct. 24 



1820 



1821 



COMMONICANTS. 



Mrs. 



Rev. 
Mrs. 



R. STEWART... 

EMEI-INE FISHER 

Capt. RICHARD DASHIELL 

Mrs. MARY CROCKETT 

" PERRY 

" ELIZABETH ONDERDONK 

» KETrLETAS 

" BRUSH 

" PIERREPONT 

SAMUEL SEABURY 

Mrs. SAM'L SEABURY' 

Miss SEABURY 

Mrs. TAYLOR 

Miss PETTlT((JaughterSimeonP.) 

Mrs. STEPHENS 

Mr. ADAMS, (.bro-in-lavv Gen. Swift) 

Mis. ADAMS 

Mr. IRELAND 

WHIIE 

" BROWN 

" GREEN 

« SMITH (Chapel St.) 

LOSEE VAN NOSTRAND 

Mrs. L VAN NOSTRAND..:.... 

" CHARLES HEWLETT , 

Miss Mcknight , 

WM. SALE , 

Mrs. SALE 

" HIGBEE 

" SARAH DAVIS 

" HANNAH TEN EY'^CK 

" ALICE WILSON 

ERASTUS WORTHINGTON .. 
Mrs. ANNA WORTHINGTON. . . 

" BENNETT.' 

" MARY TIMPSON 

•' FANNY KEYMER 

Miss AGNES WHITE 

Mrs. CALISTA HEWLETT 

" SARAH H SMITH 

" JULIANA QUACKENBOSS. 

ANDREW DESENDORF 

Mrs OLIVE DESENDORF 

" ANN DESENDORF 

" FURMAN 

" TOTTEN 

" J R. ADAMS 

" HELEN SCHERMERHORN 

" JANE ABRAHAMS 

" DESENDORF 

" ABBY H. CHEW 

Miss MATILDA SANDS 

Miss HANNAH BURTIS 

H. R HOTCHKISS 

Mrs. O'SULLIVAN 

" WIGGINS 

JOHN DURYEA 

Mrs. PATCHEN 

". GRACE McGRUDER 

" MARY DUNBAR 

CHARLES (colored). 

Mrs McNIELI 

Miss McMELL , 

" ELIZA EWING. . . 

Mrs. MARIA J. THORNE 

" MARIA J. NICHOLS 

iMr. S. PYEN 



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mSisterofMrs. Ireland — died 
[March20, 1837, aged 76 
Removed. 
Deceased 1831. 



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[bury— Ed. Churchm 

. Removed. 



Removed. 

Died March 26, 1823, a. 62. 

Now of St. John's. 
Removed. 



Died Sept. 12, 1825. 

Died in 1831. 

' Dec. 23, 1833, aged 66. 
Deceased. 
Removed. 



Died 1826. 

Died in 1&31. 

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Deceased. 

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Deceased.' 

Now Mrs. F. C. Tucker, 
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1823 

1824 


Miss ANNA PIERREPONT mm 

Mrs. DESPARD m 

" HAMILTON mm 

GREEN I>ESPARD m . . 


m (Mrs. VanWagenen) died May 
[14, 1839, aged 34. 

..Died 1826. 

m Now Mrs. Titus. 

m 

. . Removed 1827. 

m Now of St. John's. 

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L . . Deceased. 

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1 m Now of the Ch. at Flatbush, 
1 m Do. do. do. 
1 mlOf Emannuel Ch. 
1 m Died May 5, 1835, aged 50. 

1 m 

1 . . Removed 
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I m Died Dec. 22, 1838, aged 73. 

. .. Auditor ofthe State,! 777, D'd. 

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Miss GERTRUDE O. TREDWELL m 
" ELIZABETH TREDWELL.. m m 

" BENNETT m 

Mrs. SARAH B ARNSTON mm 

" ELIZABETH STRETCH. . . . m 

Miss ANN MONTGOMERY mm 

Mrs. SOPHIA GOODWIN m 

Miss ANNA KINSEY mm 




Miss JANE KINSEY mm 




D. VAN VOORHEES m 




Mrs. ANN VAN VOORHEES mm 

Mr TREDWAY mm 




Mrs. TREDWAY mm 




Rev. CAVE JONES - mm 

Mrs. JONES T. mm 




Miss JONES mm 




Mrs. ELIZABETH SMITH m . 

Miss MARY WORTHINGTON.. . . m . 

Miss SUSAN BONTOCOU m . 

Mrs. L\1GHT m . 




" PHE BE SMITH m ir 




" GAULT m rr 




" WALKER m. 




Dr. McNEILL m 




Mrs. MARIA HUNTINGTON m 

JOHN H. CANNON m 




MATTHEW CLARKSON mn 

Mrs. CLARKSON m^n 




TEUNIS CRAVEN mn 




HANNAH TINGEY CRAVEN.... mln 
JAMES COLE m'n 




Mrs. SOPHI\ LEE m n 




Miss DAWSON , S.S.Tm , 

" CRAVEN m 




Mrs. PRINCE mn 




" PHEBE HOPKINS mn 




Miss PROC m 




" JANE CORNWELL mn 

SARAH EBBOTSON mn 




Mrs. JANE COLE , mn 




PELEG BACK m 

COMFORT SANDS m . 




EDWARD CLOWES m 




Mrs. JANE KING m 




" ELIZA TRENCHARD m n 

Miss ANN CORNELL m d 




Mrs. PHEBE T, SMITH mn 




" SUSAN P. CARTER mc 

" ELEANOR STEVENSON. . . m c 
« SUSAN WARING rat 




Miss MARTHA WELLING m 

THOMAS WEBB, (Naval Hosp.). . m n 
WHITE m 




Mrs. WHITE m 




" ISABELLA W. CORNELL. . m r 
MARY ANN WETMORE..S.S.T. mr 
CYRUS BILL m c 




Mrs. EUNICE BILL m i 




GUSTAVUS V. CJESAR m r 




ELIZABETH V. C^SAR m r 

Mrs. ALICE CARUTH m i 




Miss EMILY J. CARUTH. . .S.S.T. m i 
" JULIA OSBORN mi 



1825 



1825 



1827 



Xmas. 



1828 
Feb. 10. 



May 25. 



Mrs. ELIZABETH ALBERT m 

ELIZABETH LOUDEN m 

GRACIE m 

Miss WILHELMINA J. E. MOOREm 

JAMES MAXWELL m 

Mrs. ELIZABETH ATTWOOD... m 

R. V. W. THORNE m 

VVM. PIERREPONT ...m 

Mrs. JANE W. CORNELL m 

JOHN HEAVER m 

Mrs. COMMODORE CHAUNCEY. m 

JOHN PETTIT m 

Mrs. JOSIAH DOW m 

Mrs. ANNC. TITUS m 

WILLIAM MURRELL |m 

Mrs. MURRELL . . m 

, S.S.T.Im 



COMMUNICANTS. 



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Reported Oct., 1825. Rem. 



Removed. 
Deceased. 
Removed to N. Hampshire. 



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Pineapple street. 



MissBAYLIS 

ANNA WOOD 

Mrs. HARRIS 

' Mrs. SARAH E. GUNNING. 
Miss ELIZABETH HANCOCK.,. 
Mrs. CATHARINE WAKELEY. 

' CYNTHIA McCOUN 

LAWRENCE ARMSTRONG Im 

Mrs. JANE ARMSTRONG [m 

DANIEL NASH mm 

Miss SARAH ANN SMITH ". m'm 

Mrs. L. HICKS jmimm 

' WILSON, (at Mr. Hides') mm 

' AGNES FORBUSH ;m m'm'Died Oct. 11, 1835, aged 38. 

= ELIZABETH VOORHEES..|m m in 

' ELIZABETH MORRISON... |m 

' ANNDAVISON, mm 

JOHN W. MARSHALL m ml 

Mrs. G. W. STANTON mm] 



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Removed. 



Dec'd. 



m (Mrs. Ricker.) 
I.eft in 1829. 

. . 'Naval Hospital. Removed. 



Wife of the Ferry Master. 



Deceased. 



• HOYT 

Miss HOYT, Sen... 

TIMOTHY W. COOKE 

Mrs. SALLY COOKE 

■ Mrs. ANN MaRES 

'■ MARY WALKER 

Miss HANNAH McCOUN 

Mrs. HELEN DEAN 

lAMES GOODWIN 

Miss JANE H. ELLISON 

" FRANCES E. ELLISON... 
SARAH M. CROMMELIN..S.S.T. 

Mrs. EMILY McILVAINE 

Mr. TAYLOR (organist) 

Mrs. TAYLOR 

" MEAD (daush'rWm Cornell) 

RICHARD M. WHITE S.S.T.! 

Mrs. ANNE. WHITE ' 

" CHAS. HOYT 

Miss EMILY C. PIERREPONT... 

Mrs. WHITNEY 

Miss ELLEN SMITH S.S.T. 

Mr. TRIPPLER 

Mrs. TRIPPLER 

" DELIA BISHOP 

FREDERICK T. PEET. . .ls( S. S. 

Mrs. F. T. PEET.... 

E. SPRAGUE 

Mrs. HUNT 

" P. REED 

THOMAS TOWNSEND 

Mrs. MARGARET TOWNSEND. . 



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Died April 24, 1829. 
Removed to New York. 



Now Mrs. Degraw. 



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m m Removed to Chiist Ch. 

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m ..iDied in 1831. 

m m](Mrs. J. A. Perry.) 

m!.. Removed to Ohio in 18-33. 

mjm Died Ap. 15, ia34, aged 36. 

m . . Removed to New York. 

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J'ly 13 



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De. 2i 

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Maris 



1830 



COMMUNICANTS. 

NATH. COMSTOCK— rem 
LIVIN'STON VAN DOREN 

—rem 1833 S.S.T. 

THOS. BRIGGS (weaver)— 

rem 1833 

MARG'RET BRIGGS— rem 
Lt. FRANCIS SAUNDER- 

SON, U.S.N —Deceased.. I 
ALEX. HAWKINS (col'd) 

—rem 1828 

.Mr. GILLETT— rem 1829. 
Mrs. GILLETT— rem 1829 
Miss MOORE (reported Oct 

1323)— rem May, 1829... 
JOHN JAMES— rem 1830. 
GEORGE SKILLEN— rem 

ic^i S S T 

Mrs. WALTER NICHOLS 

— rem to Jamaica 

RICH. STANTON— rem... 
aACH. MATTHEWS (col.) 

LUCETTE(col.) 

Miss MARGARET VAN 

BOKKELIN— rem '30N. Y 
Miss LYDIA JONES— do .. 
WIL'M VVORTHINGTON, 

son of Erastus Worth'n 

WM. DAVIS, died 1832 

Miss WALKER— rem to N. 

York 1830 S.S.T. 

CHARLES J. ALDIS— rem 

to New York 1830. .S.S.T. 
THOMAS PYNE— rem 
Mrs. ANDREW HIBBARD, 

died 1832 mj^. 

Mrs. E. D. HOTCHKISS— 

rem to New Haven. S.S.T. 
Mrs. TINGEY 

" VAULK— rem 1830 . . , 
THATCHER TUCKER— 

rem to New York 

Mrs. L. H. TUCKER— do.. 
Miss SARAH A. CARTER 

Now Mrs. Tucker.. .S.S.T 
BENJ. GRUTT— rem to N. 

York 1830 S.S.T. 

Mrs. RACHEL GRUTT— 

rem to N. Y. 1830.. S.S.T. 

Mrs, LEASON 

Mr. INCHO 

PHILIP FLAGLER— rem to 

Illinois 

JAMES PRINCE— rem 1832 
Mrs. JANE PRINCE— rem. 
Mrs. G. COLDEN— do. do.. 

" WOLCOTT— do. do.. 
Miss FRANCES SMITH! 

(Mrs. Aldis)— rem to N.Y. 

Mrs. ALLEN 

ANN M. SHACKERLY 

JULIA KIRK— rem.. S. ST. 
Mrs. STOUT— rem to N. Y 
Miss S FRANCES HOP- 
KINS— rem N. Y. . .S S T. 
Mrs. SARAH ANN BRECK 

ENRIDGE— rem to Pliiia. 
Mrs. Dr. OSTRANDER— 

rem to St. John's, decM. . 
Miss ELIZABETH LOU- 
DON, now Mrs.Kerr.S.S.T 
Mrs. BARTOW 



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Ap. 3. 



M'y22 



COMMUNICANTS. 



SP 



Miss SUSAN C. BARTOW, m m 
Miss MARY A. BARTOW., m m 
G. A. BARTOW, Sec.lstS.S. m m 

.JOHN LARKIN Im 

MARY COLLINS— rem toj 

Ohio (married) tajm 

MARGARET BACK.S.S.T.tm 

Mrs. HETTY W HALL. . , . m 

" THOMPSON— rem... Im 

GEO. FARLEY— rem...... [m 

Miss BROOM mm 

MARIA COOK— rem N.Y ..Im 

Mrs. VAN ALLEN Im m 

" HANNAH— rem,dec'd'm 
" MARIA WENDELL., m m 
" ELIZ'HEDEY. dec'd.Imm 
" MA'Y CHEEKS— remmim 
Col. J. M. GAMBLE, U.S.M.{ 

D'd Sep. 11, 1836, aged 45.|mlm 
EDM. DAVIS- rem to Eng. m 
Miss C. DELAMATER— I 

rem to Oiiio S.S.T. m.m 

Miss JULIANA WEST, now I 
Mrs. K. Waring . . .S.S.T. m m 
Miss MARY ABELL— rem m 

JOHN GUNNING |m m 

Mrs. SARAH GUNNING. . . in m 
' DEFOREST— rem.... mm 

' WEST mjm 

HOSEA WEBSTER ;m|ni 

Mrs. H. WEBSTER mm 

HENRYHEWLETT— rem. m 

WM. BIRD m 

Mrs. MARY xMlLWARD. . .Im 
ALFRED STUBBS— renrtoj 

Yale College S.S.T. ini 

MARY HEWLETT— rem Im 

Mrs. SARAH LUQUER 'mm 

Miss RACHEL SMITH 
(Mrs. O. D. Bur(is).S.ST.'m m 

Miss P. A. SMITH S S.T. m m 

Mrs. CARMICHAEL— rpin. [. . Im 
Lieut. WM. L. HUDSON,! 

U.S.N SS.T. mim 

HORATIO N. PETTIT- 

rem to Illinois S.S.T. mjm 

Mrs. ELIZABETH PAINE. m| 
ROBERT CARTER— rem 

to Flushing, died 

PATIENCE NOBLE 

DAVID GARDNER— rem. 
MARIETTA GARDNER... 
Dr GEO. WASH'N COD- 
WISE— rem 1834. ..S.S.T. 
Mrs. Capt. MARIA D. REN- 
SHAW, (lied January,lS42, 
a"ed 49 
MrsAURILi/AHOWLANDmim 
'• ROS'A BRUSH— rem. 

CHAS. HOYT— rem 

Mi.^s MARY HOYT (now 

Mrs, Chs. Hoyl)....SS.T. 

CHARLOTTE E. DOW— | 

rem to Inrlianal832.S.S.T. m 
Mrs, ELLEN WOOLSEY.. m 
Mrs FRANCES H. FLAG 

LER — rem to Illinois. ... m 
Miss MARY J. WARREN— 

mar'd, rem P. au P S.S.T.im 
Mrs. ROSENA WALTERS m 
Miss F. PIERREPONT Im 



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AU. 14 



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Mrs. ANN NEWMAN, died 

1834, aged 74 

WM. W. PETTIT,...S S.T. 
Miss MARTHA SWIFT— 

rem Geneva, N.Y...S.S.T 
SARAH ANN EDEY,d'd '32 
Miss CHLRLOTTE BILL, 

died Oct. 1834, aged 25 . . 
ELIZABETH ANN WOL- 

COTT— rem to N. Hav'n. 

HARRIET WALKER 

EGBERT K. VAN BEUREN 

— rem to Oyster Bay 

Mrs. SA'AH VAN BEUREN 

— rem to Oyster Bay 
Mrs. MATILDA BROWN 
HAR'T THOMPSON, (col.) 
MARY ANN BANNISTER. 

Mrs. ELIZA HUDSON 

DAVID SWllTT— rem west. 
JULIA WHITE— rem 1831.. 
Mrs. E.C.WORTHINGTON 

SARAH JACKSON 

HANNAH DAVIS— rem 

Mrs. S. SELLON 

Col. CRANE 

JOSEPH SANDS, one of the 

present Vestry. F. Com. 
Mrs. MARIA SANDS 

" CATHARINE VOSS, 

died June 4, 1844, aged 85. 
July 3 JOHN WHITMORE- rem. 
1831 to Gambier. Oliio. . .S.S.T. 
Miss J. R CROMMELIN.. 
Miss M. O. CROMMELIN.. 
CONKLIN BRUSH— rem'.. 
ELIZA M. FORTIN— rem.. 
Mrs. E. STEVENSON, (af- 
terwards Mrs. H. Davis... 

MARY DAVIS— rem 

Mrs, SARAH DAVIS— rem. 
HENRY DAVIS— Sext. St. 

John's — since dec'd 

GEORGE WHITE— rem. to 

Gambier, Ohio S.S.T. 

Miss S. M. TAYLOR, (Mrs. 

Philhps) S.S.T. 

Miss E. MALCOLM— rem. 

toN.Y. 1832,d. 1835.S.S.T. 
Miss L. GREENWOOD, re- 
moved S.S.T. 

Miss A. T. VAN DOREN— 

rem. to Lex. Ky. '31. S.S.T. 
Maj. D. B. DOUGLASS— late 

Pres. Kenyon College. . . . 

ISAAC SMITH— rem.S.S.T. 

B. WELLS, (Mrs Simmons) 

rem. to Boston, 1831.... 

FRANCES WILLIAMS 

MARGARET WILLIAMS.. 
Mrs. EMMELINE SWIFT— 

rem. to the West 

SARAH HERNER... S.S.T. 
WM. R. DEAN— died March 

5, 1841, aged 46 

CAROLINE SPOONER... 
WILLIAM— left in 1832. . . . 

ELIZABETH DEAN rn:m 

JAMES DEAN mm 

Mrs. OPHELIA G. MERLE, m 



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No. 13 MARY A. VOSBURGH— 

rem., since dec'd... S.S.T. m 
ABBY FURMAN— remov'd. m 
Mrs MARIA HORR 
ANT. B. ELLISON— dec'd. m 
De. 25 F. G. KERR— rem... S.S.T. m 

MARD. WHITE— rem m 

CLARISSA JONES. (m 

Mrs. HAVILAND— dec'd 
HELEN M. FULLER 
SARAH MORSE 
MissG. P.JOHNSON, S.S.T. 
1832 Mrs. M. C. TOWNSEND 
MARY A.HALL— mar. rem 

Canada S.S.T 

MARY HARRIS 
Mrs. F AIRMAN 

" OGSBURY 
Miss OGSBURY 
May22 Mrs. SARAH BADGLEY— 

rem. to N. Y. 1833 ni 

Mrs. ELIZA A. DONALD. .. m m 
Miss SARAH RICHARDS 

(Mrs. Verbryck) S.S.T. m va\ 

Mrs. MARY DREW mm 

Vliss DELIA BRUSH.S.S.T. mm 
STEPHEN WHITNEY.... m 

EDWARD HARRIS mm 

Mrs. J. TEN EYCK.. S.S.T. m'm 
J'nelOHANS BRODaLE— rem... m 
N. LUQUER— rem., one of 

Vestry of Christ Ch mm 

MARY McHINCH, dec'd... 

issL. H. PETTIT.. S.S.T. 

.S. ABRAHAMS— under- 

July22 JAMES" 'wEEiKS— rein! ' to 

Poughkeepsie 

Mrs. MARY ANN WEEKS 
rem. to Poughkeepsie.. 

Mrs. JACOBS 

GEO. RHODES— rem.S.S.T. 

SARAH COLE 

JANE COLE 

Miss M. SMITH, (Mrs. A. D. 

Matthews) S.S.T. 

WILLIAM DONALD 

CHARLO'E TITUS. S.S.T. m 
Miss CORN'A MIDDAGH, 

(Mrs. Henshaw.) m 

Mrs. ANN BETTS m 

ELIZABETH BEVAN m 

Mrs. ANN PYNE— rem. . . . m 

Miss A. M. PYNE— rem... m 

H. PYNE— rem m 

" C. PYNE— rem m 

.lAMES SAUNDERS m 

SARAH SAUNDERS m 

Miss E. T. WILSON, (Mrs 

Titus) S.S.T. m 

Mrs. M. H. SMITH.... S.S.T. m 

" SARAH HODGE m 

MEHITABLE HODGE m 

CAROLINE WARING m 

SARAH R. MILLER— rem. 

1839 S.S.T. m 

JULIA TITUS m 

GEO. T. FOX mm 

Miss MARY J. VAN PELT. 

—died Oct. 1842 S.S.T. ml m 



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COMMUNICANTS 



Miss HARRIET SANDS... 

Mrs. M ORIMKS— iPin ... 

Mrs. HELExN STEVENS... 
'• SA.RAH BIRKBECK.. 
" ANN WEUB 

Miss .JANE HITCHENS— 
(Mrs Capr. Oils. Berry)... 

HaNNWJI WARING 

SARAH.IOHNSON 

THOMAS J. CHEW.. 

JAS. H. CLARKE, Sen- 
died Sppt. 21, '44, aged 60. 

PHILIP REED 

Mrs. A. E. DOUGLASS— re.. 

ANN SKILLER.- 

AGNES CORNELL 

MARV POYD. (Mrs J. H. 
Muore)— rem 



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1833 



COMMUNICANTS. 

Mrs. WM. 15. COOPER... 
Mrs. M DOUGHTV..S S.T. 
[Mrs ELEANOR MILLER. 
CHS.CONGDON, form Sup. 

Now Sup. S.S. Eman'l Cli. 
Mrs.SARAR WAiT,,S.S.T. 

WM. BETTS ,.,.. 

Mrs. WM. BETTS 

ROBERT BANKS 

Mrs. SUSAN B AN KS 

" P. A. TOMLINSON.. 
JULIA BANNERS-rcm. to 

Hempstead S.S.T. 

CHARLOTTE ADAMS. . . . 
A D MATTHEWS. S.S.T. 

WAL SMITH 

Miss MARY CORNELL... 
MARY F GILL— rem. S.S.T.! 



mim ; 
m'm I 
mm 

i 
mm, 

m m| 

mim 

m ml 

m 

m 



REV. B. C. CUTLER, RECTO K,. 

tCM^ [The persons whose names are in tlie following list have come to the cosn- 
mumon (either for the first lime or from other Churches) under the present Rec- 
torship. Tlie letter m signifies tliat the person is still a member. Tiie omission 
of the m indicates thai the communicant has removed.] 



Mav, jFRANCES SOPHIA ZUILL. 

1833 {ELIZABETH MATTHEWS 
iMrs. H. CUTLER S.ST, 

" S CUTLER, moth'r of R. 

1 died Oct. 28, 1836 ...., 

HANNAH DAVIS 

F. G FISH..,. .S.S.T 

Mr. MURRELL 

Mrs. MURRELL.. 

Au. 11 MARY PEARSON 

I .JO.SEPH A. PERRY.. 

I .Mrs. C. CONGDON S S.T. 

I ! '• T. HUNT 

I " E. SACKETT 

JMiss ELLEN COLE.. ..S ST. 
iXmas ELIZA BARRETT GARRET. 
j j.MARY SAVAGE., s.s 

INANOY CROOK, (col'd).. S.S. 
! iCAROLINEE. WARING, Em'l 

1834 iMiss PERRY.... 

FeblSMr. McLELLEN. 

|W. J. CORNELL, Vestry 'n, 
■ also Warden St. Mary's. ... 
[WM. H. CARTER. Sec.2d S.S. 
1.10HN GARRETr,dec'd.S ST. 
HARRIET C. PIERREPONT. 

(Mrs. E. .1. Bartow). . . .S.S. T 

Mrs. EDY . .. 

SIDNEY E. WINGATE ... 
JAMES ADAMS, since taken 

ord's.Mi^s. Flpm. N.,J S.ST. 
Mrs CAROLINE B ADAMS. 
ANDREW DICKINSON— re 

to VViilJHmsburuh .S.S T. 

Mrs ELVIRA DICKINSON.. 
OPH'A ROSE, (Mrs. A. Flower) 

S.S.T 

Miss S. P. BANCROFT. . . . 
J'ne22 Miss DISBROW— rem S.S.T. 
Mns. HANNAH HURD 

' ANN WOODRUFF 

' McHINCH 

' PHILLIPS 

I " PETTIT 



IMrs. A. F. GREEN— dec'd... 
Sept.? IMiss E. A CaRU TH.. ..S.S.T. 

MARGARET LAMON 

MissISABELLAG.BOyD,<Mrs. 

I Rev.W.H.Moore)— re. S.S.T. 

jMiss S. DOUGLASS (Mrs.Cor- 

nell) S.S.T. 

Ihenry thorne 

Oct. 5 EBENEZER PARKER 

(Mrs. CELIA PARKER, dec'd. 
iDr. PURCELL COOKE '' 



Oct.25 MARY TRUELOCK(in sick's.) 

Novl6 Miss JULIA r' GAMBLE," (Mrs', 
Lt. Totten, U.S.N.)... .S.S.T. 

Mr. JACOBS 

Mrs. COOK 

Xmas " LOW, (Mrs. Robert Car- 
ter) . ,. S.S.T. 

NATHANIEL P. KNAPP, or- 
dained An. 1836 S.S.T. 

CHAS. MONEGAL 

Mrs. JAS. B. CLARKE 

1835 WM. B. COOPER, one of Ves- 
try S.S.T. m 

MARG'T DEFOREST.. S.ST 

Ap.l'J IHENRY IBBOTSON 

Mrs. ANNA F. IBBOTSON., 

Mrs. FRIEKE 

Miss H. H01% s.s.-rem. to 

Christ Ch S.S.T. 

JOHN SHAW— rem. to Ohio.. 

WM. GONE.... 

June 7: A. FOBES— rem. to Christ Ch. 
iMiss VIRG. CRAVEN— dec'd. 

ID. LL ARNOLD S.S.T 

iMrs. ARNOLD 

A«g30 JAS. W. GREENE S.S.T. 

iMrs. MILLS 

Oct.li.IOSEPH RUSHER 

iMiss KINGMAN 

iMr. COTTON 

Dec21iMARG. DUYCKINK, dec'd... 
25|JANE DONALD s.s. 



10 



EDGAR J. BARTOW— rem. to} 

Ca'vHrv S.S.T. 'id 

Mrs. ANN CAMPliEI-L— -iec'd m 
Miss NANCY CAMPBELL... !m 

1836 N. J. HECAR, iiowofClirist Ch 

Mrs. SMITH 

Mrs. EM.MA MESSENGER... m 
.Mi^.? E. MESSENGER, (Mrs 

Dorset!) S.ST, m 

Miss R. MESSENGER, S ST 
" M. A. CARTER, (Mr.s T 
A. M. Craven) decM. .S.S.T. 
Easi'r ELIZABETfl CHEW.. S ST 

EMILY LEE.: S.S.T. 

Ap. 3 Mrs. A. M. ST. FELIX 

" SEAMAN 

CAR'NE HENSHAW..S.ST. 

May CHARLES D PUFFER 

MARGARET .lACKSON 

June Mrs. S. A OSTRANDER 

I Miss E. W. BALDWIN. S.ST.im 

jJuly 2jISAAC WOODRUFF, (in sick-' 

ness.) (iec'd |m 

Miss SARAH WHIPPLE 

DIANA BEEKMAN. (col'd)..m 
Sep30|TENBROECK PERRY, (in' 

I sickne-.^,) dec'd 'ni 

ELIHU HARRTSON~Ch. Cli.| 
Mrs. E. HARRISON— Ch. Ch. 
" EMH.Y GIBBS— rem....! 
Dec22 " E.POWELL(in sickness),! 

deceased m 

25'ISABELLA McKERMITT. . . . m 

1837 ABM B. FLOWER.... S.S.T.l 

HANNAH OAKS s.s m 

Miss E PUFFER S S T. m 

JOSEPH J. BREWER. S.ST 

JAS PRINCE 

JERUSH A PRINCE m 

East'i^Miss E. KNAPP, (Mrs. Wm. H.i i 

Mar. 31 Carter^ S S.T. m 

Mrs.S A BREWER— died Feb.j : 

24, 1813 !m 

Miss ELLEN LOUDEN.S.S.T.I • 

Mrs. BICKNELI^ 'm 

HENRIETTA BRICKNELL,.i i 
JOHN SMALLEY— rem. Phi 
lad.- -snhs'qiienllv dec'd.... 

Colonel CUTLER. U.S.A 

Mayl4 Mrs. Col. CUTLER 

Mrs. ELIZA STANFORD 

Mrs. JOSHUA MARCH— dec'd 
May29 Dr. A. B. COOK, U. S. A., (in 
I sickness,) di^c'd Nov. ISS'^.. 
J'nelS Mrs. MAULTBY (mother Mrs. 

St. Felix) im 

Mrs. SOPHIA LEE— died Oct. I 

6, 1844, a^cii 44 m 

Mrs. GEO CORNELL 

July23 Miss ANN A.BRUSH,s.s.S.S T. in 
" M L GAMBLE, ss S.S.T. m 
July29 CATH. WHITTON, (in sick-f 

ness) deceaseri 'm 

THOMAS WHITTON, dec'd. .m 

Mrs HAMILTON m 

Sept.3 CHARLOTTE GILLIS m 

Miss GORGAS 

Mrs. MORGAN | 

" HOLMES I 

" SARAH ADAMS I 

Miss BALDWIN, fniPawturket !m 
Oct.3 " H. S RICHARDS, (Mrs.j 
Huntington) ,s s.S S.T.!m 



IMARY PIERREPONT 

CHAS. E. DOliGLAssS— Trin 

1 Coll Cainh En>^ S.S.T 

13 Mrs. A B COOK 

No. lOMr. FAXON im 

Mrs. FAXON m 



Xmas 



Mr. W W HOOPER 

Mrs. MARY HOOPER 

Miss A W. HOOPER 

" LUCY HOOPER — dec'd 

Mav 24. 1S41, asr.25 

" HARRIET HOOPER— d: 

May. 1S24, aued^fj.. 

Mrs. JANE ELIZA BETTS,. 

" CHAS HORNE, Jr 

" A M FOBES 

" KELLOG 

WM. MORRIS 

Mrs. MORROW 

Miss MORROW, (now Mrs.) 
•, S.S.T. 



18.38 Mrs. SHIELDS 
FeblllS. EVANS— dec'd.. ..S.ST 

iMrs. ARAMINTA D. PUFFER 

I —der'd Dec. 1843 ni 

MarllRICHARD S. TU<^KER |ni 

IMi.^s A. H. CHEW— (Mrs. Lt.i | 

! Swift.) Aihanv S.S.T. im' 

Miss REBECCA SHARP .. .jmi' 

" HALSEY.. S.S.T. Im: 

Basf'r JULIANA ENNIS !m 

Wlut. Mrs. ELIZTH BOSTWICK..[m 
JuneSi " HARRIET HALSEY in 

Mr. BENSTEI I 

Mrs. NEW^MAN S S.T.Im 

" HITCH ENS. tni 

CHS A. VAN KLEECK,SS.T. m 

Mrs. E. VAN KLEECK.S S.T.I n> 

Mr. DOPvSEY {m 

JuneSJANE MaRL\ FOBES s.s. m 

HARRIET ELIZA FOBES.s s. 

IMiss SMITH 

Ju]y22JOHN HALSEY S ST. 

JMrs. CHAS. MILLS. .. .S.S.T. 

Lieut.GEO TOTTEN, US.N.. 

Mrs. MORGAN 

Mrs HARRIET WALTERS.. 

FELIXINE M. ST. FELIX. . . . 

SARAH ('ORNELL s s. 

CATHARINE BENNET... s.s. 

Mrs. HALSEY 

" ROBINSON 

Miss BENSTAL (reported).... 

Mr. RODGERS 

Lieut. SWIFT 

Mrs. SWIFT, deceased 

Miss BROOM 

Mrs. ANN ELIZA WILSON... 
Xmas DAVID ANDERSON. Jr 

(Mrs CAROLINE ANDERSON 

Capt. HOYT— rem. to Mass... 

Mrs. MARYTIMPSON 

OSBORN 

ITHOMAS M WATSON.S.S.T. 

Mrs T M. WATSON 

Mrs. CHAPMAN 

CORNELIA ALMA CARMAN, m 
IMr. M AC AULEY in 

JMrs. Mr C All LEY m 

" NAPIER, deceased 

1839 T A. M. CRAVEN, U.S.N... 
.Ian.27 ROBERT ROSS S.S.T 

iMr DAMON 



m 



m 



Mrs. DAMON 

" TROWBRIDGE 

" MALCOLM 

CLARISSA CRANE HOYT,af 

j tprvvards Mrs. (Rev N. P.) 

! Knapp. DM Tiiscal'a, Oc '4'J 
F'b. 24Mrs. BRASHER 

Ml. H S. CHAPMAN 

Mrs. CHAPMAN, Jr 

Dr. DEXTER 

Ca-sterMrs. HUNT 

W'tS. Mr. LYMAN 

Miss CARRINGTON. 

jCORNELlA JACKSON 

JANE MH.LS 

Miss HARRIET DOW.... ST 

i.rOSEPH PETTIT,oiie nfVfsy 

iMrs. PETTIT 

Mrs. SNELL 

Mr. WH.SON 

Jun.23 Lt FRANCIS ELLISON. U S.N 

jALFRED MONROE WEEKS 

I — rsin. to N. Y S.S.T 

[Miss P L PETTIT . ..S S T. 

MaRGRaET NAPIER 

JOHN LOWE 

?^ep.l5 Mrs. ANNA L. FISH. . ..S.S.T 

Mrs. DANA 

Oct 31, ROBERT DLYCKINCK, in 

I sii'kri-"ss — deceased 

No. 24 Mr. E. FULLER •. . 

iSARAH ANN KNAPP (Mrs. E 

I Fuller)— 

j.Mrs JANSEN 

XmasjWM. C. FLOWER S.S.T 

'\Irs. ACO.STA 

1840 I Miss ELIZA CUNNINGHAM. 
Feb. 2 SARAH SrF.LIVAN 

HARRIET BRAINARD.S.S.I 

Mrs. BARAH FRENCH 

1-^^ DOUGHERTY ^ Ret. fr'm 

I—— DOUGHERTY S Com 

MavSMrs. CAROLINE KEESE 

Eist'rl " ELLEN M JACKSON.. 
Ap. 19 WM. CIL\RTRES . . ..S.ST 

iMiss MA'A BALDWIN. S.S.T 

FERDI'D WALKER... S.ST. 

Mrs ELMIRA WALKER 

MI.Vs DORSETT 

Mr. EDMUND DaVIS 

Mrs. M. II Ml! LER 

Ap. 20 MARY THORP, in sickness.. 

SAMUEL ( RUM'! vEnaI'man) 
June7Cai)l ENGLISH, U.S.M 

Mrs ENGLISH 

PENELOPE B ENGLISH. SST 

'Mr. BROOKS 

Mrs. BROOKS 

JMiss BROOKS 

IMftanl Mrs.UlSBEE 

Mrs. LOUISA SMITH 

!A,MEL[A(c<iiorerl) .lec'd 

Julyl9S VAN NOSTRAND. ..S S.T 

:Miss AMELIA A. HITCHENS. 

I di^Ml Orr. IS, '43. HL'Rd 27.SST 

|C.\THARINE SANDS 

IMrs. ANN W. (Ahraham) HAL 

' SEY. <lip(I Jiinf>2S. '41.m'(I4.«! 
Sep.l3Mrs. ELIZABETH H DIXON 
Oct.l8 CHARLES BURDE TT 

Mi.ss SUSANNA TITUS 

No. 22 Mrs. EASTMAN 

Mr. CHRISTOPHER 



[Mrs. CHRISTOPHER m 

" TOA'AI |m 

" KIMMEL m 

EUGENE THORNE m 

Dec. 3 JAM S M ARSHALL,iri sickn's m 
1 41 JEDWARDSHAW, do dec'd m 

Jan.SlMiss SARAH C BETTS Ini 

Mar. 7 Mrs. MARY KELLEY HALL., m 

Mi.ss MARY HALL... 

Mrs C. M. GIBSON S.S.T 

Easter MARY ANN PUFFER , 

JANE USTIC TITUS [m 

EDWARD G MILLER,did '4l'm 
Mr. and Mrs HOYT m 

My 30 ANDREW M HARPER S ST m 
ISABELLA G HARPER S.S.T m 

Mr MORGAN !ni 

Mrs. MORGAN S.S.T. ni 

THERESA PIERREPONT. . . . m 

GEO. F. TOMAl jm 

JOS. P. WEBB (ctilored) 'm 



JOHN ACCURST 

lELlZA A. WATSON 

July IS Mrs. JANE SNEDECOR, (N 

Utreichl) 

MissC. E. STANFORD. S.S.T 

Mrs. DIKEMAN 

Mrs. LIVINGSTON 

Sept.5 VOLNEY A. ELLIS. 

ELIZABETH R. PEET.S.S.T 
ELLEN CORNEL*... S.S.T 
Mrs ANN ROW, in sickness,! 

dpreased. ^ . . . m 

ALFRED AVVATSON, orda'd ! 

Nov. 3. 1844 S.S.T |m 

ml No. 2l!Lf. ALEX GIBSON. U. S. N. |m 
Mrs. MARGARET CLARK... 'm 

Mrs. BULLUS. Si n Ipi 

Mrs. ROBERT C. NICHOLS. .'m 

Mrs GOODWIN m 

LOUISA HANFORD... S S T. m 
ELPATIAM CARR .. S ST m 

F'h.lSROSA RENSHAW.... !m 

jMARY H. CIIEVV, (now Mrs 

G. R Lewis, New London). 

Mrs. WALTON 



1842 



m 



Mrs. SPINOLA ;m 

Mrs. JULIANA PHILLIP. 



M'r.27 



rn 



WM. C. JEWE'lT SS.T.,m 

Miss CARR 'm 

" IlAN'AHJOHNSON.SSTni 
» SEIDELL 'm 

Mrs. PERRY |m 

" MORGAN m 

Miss ANN SEIDELL ^ni 

Mrs. SMITH S S T. m 

MaylSCapt. CHARLES C. BERRY, m 

iMisa REBECCA I, PEET....ni 

i " LOUISA MARCH im 

I » DIKEMAN.. mi 

" JULIA PIERREPONT... m 

" ARNOLD im 

" MACINTOSH m 

iMrs BULLUS. Jr m 

[THOMAS LOWNES.... S.S.T. 

Mrs GRAHA.M 

I " FURBER 

2GMiss LYDIA WOOD 

" ANNA WOOD S.S.T. 

MARY ANN DRVDEN. . . s- s. 

C. H. ROBINSON SST. 

Mr. HIGGINS 

Mrs. HIGGINS 



Ju 



Miss HIGGINS m 

Mrs Si;;§AN CLARK SMITH, ni 
" llfciBECCA BALDWIN im 

JulySl VVM. II IJUIJJ^ON Im 

CAROLINE RENSHAW m 

Mr. RHODES, Sen jm 

Mrs. RHODES ,....|ni 

iMr. RHODES Im 

I " RHODES, Jr m 

Sep.ll' " WILLIA.MS, aged S3 y'rsm 
j '• ARNOLD . m 

No. 20 ANDREW DOUGLASS,S.S.T m 

I ANN ROSE ..S.S.T.im 

JOSHUA PARKER Im 

iMrs. ANN ELIZA CLARK |m 

De 21jELlSHA HILL GOODWIN, in; 
I siclines~ Im 

XmasN. CLEAVELAND ml 

iMrs. CLEAVELAND mi 

i HUTCHINGS........ |m 

1843 MARY DORBIN m; 

Feb. 5 HENRY BANCROFT. .S.S.T.{n,| 

IxMrs. CATHARINE RUST mi 

iMrs. .lEWETT m 

Mar. siMrs.PHEBE AMLTA BIGLEY ni 

East'r .Mrs. MAHL\ BRADY |m 

Ap. 16Mrs. ELIZABETH COMBS... mj 
JMARY A. VANDEVEER (cuL) m, 

isUSAN WARING jm! 

IMiss M. MESSENGER., S S.T. m: 

!JAN#ELLIS ..m! 

Mrs. M E CORLIES m 

THOS MESSENGER [ml 

Mrs. ANN .MESSENGER 'm| 

FRANCIS M AUR AN iml 

IMrs. M AUR AN fn; 

Mrs. WH.LLAMS Jm 

JAS. SWH-T . ..Iiii 

June CHARLOTTE E WILSON... 'm 

DANIEL EMBURY ..Jm 

SARAH SHIELDS Im 

Sfipt. Mrs. H. G. NICOLS S.S.T. m 

No. 26iWM. ! EET S.S.T. m, 

MARY BURNS im 

XmasMILES BULLEN im! 

COR'LIUS VER BRYCK, rioc. m, 
CLAUD. B. NICHOLS. ..S.S.T. |m| 

WM. WAIN WRIGHT \m\ 

Mrs. CHS. IL ROBINSON. ... Im; 
1S44 MARY SMITH mj 

Mar. 3 EUPHE.MIA HALSEY.. S.S.T. Iml 



ELIZA GILLS 

ELIZA PRESTIGE 

Mrs WEBB, (colored) 

ELIZA BROOKS 

LOUISA BROOKS 

Mr. HYDE 

Mrs. PETTIT 

Mrs. SWIFT 

Mrs. MARY RUSHER 

East'r .Mrs. MARY SMITH 

W. R WADSWORTH.. S.ST 

Mr.s. V. WADSWORTH, de 

ceased , 

Ma}2« Mi.<s JACKSON 

Mrs. WILSON 

Mrs. HARTSHORN 

ELIZABETH SMITH 

ELIZABETH THOMPSON.. 

MARY ANN THOMPSON 

CATH'NE C HALSEY. S.S.T. 

CORNELIA FRIECK..S.ST 

MARY JANE FUIECK.S S.T. 

Sep. IMrs TITUS 

' ICapt. T. O ZUiLL 

Oct. 6R<)BERTW. ZUILL. . .S.S.T. 

IMiss MARIA HOLT 

I IMiss H. PJH:LPS SS.T. 

jMr. R. WADSWORTH 

IMrs. WADSWORTH 

' iMiss CRO.MMELIN..: 

Oct.25Miss CROMMELIN 

I ;Miss CAROLINE TITUS, (in 

Nov. 3i sicktipss) died Feb. 14.1845. 
j iJOSEPH DEAN PHILLIPS . . 

I |MAR1A L LEWIS S.S.T 

XmasELlZABETH WATSON (ordi 
I j nalioii) 

Mrs ARABELLA LEE... . 

Miss MA'RKTTA MACNARA 

THATCHER TUCKER 

Mrs. TUCKER 

lOHN CONSTABLE 

Mrs. CONSTABLE 

Feb. i Acf^. CH. BANCROFT.S.S.T 
•HS SKERRITT 

lARVES B CURTIS. 

vNNA A. CURTIS 

PHEBE FORD 

ELIZABETH H. SMITH 

Miss TYSON SS.T. 

IMiss PEARSON 



Rev. J. CARPENTER SMITH and Rev.CHARLES BANCROFT were for .several 

ye.irs communicaiils in the Church, ahhougli their names do not appear in the 

preceding list. 
WILLIAM CORNELL, fiih name from hot'om of 1st paae of Communicants, died 

Feb. 11, 1830. He continued, tlierefure, to Mr. Mcllvaine. 
WILLIAM CORNWELL, firsr namp on second page of Communicants, died (not 

as thin-e prinied. but) Oi-t. 27, I 827, aged 54. 
Mrs. ELIZABETH CORNWELL. (immediuely following, and the widow of the 

last), died at IIem|)stead, April 15. 1S44, aaed 7(1. The nge and limpof dpcrasod 

printed aiiainst this name should prohably be transferred to ELIZABETH 

CORNELL, Sen. utider the year 1790. 

The m opposite the names of Mr. and Mrs. HAMMEL, at the bottom of tlie3d 
pa<je of Communicants, should he erased from tlie list two columns. They 
left St. Ann's for St. John'a, under the rectorship of Mr. Onderdonk. 

MARG.VRET STEWARD died Anril 2^, 1827, (und-^r Mr. Oiidor<lonk,^ a* the re- 
markable Hge of 107 y<>ars. JOHN STE WAAl) died January 19, 1S29, (under 
Mr. Mcllvaine), aged 98 years. 

S. PYEN, at the boitom of the 5th page of Communicants, should be S. PYNE. 



Corner of Washins^ton and Sands Streets. 



Rev. B. C. CUTLER, Rector. 

Rev. CHARLES BANCROFT, Assistant Minister. 

Residence — St. Ann's Rectory, No. 1 SancLs Street. 



Messrs. CYRUS BILL, ) ^; , ,,, , ^ 

FREDERICK T. PEET, \ ^'^^'"'^^^ yvuMcns. 
Messrs. JOSEPH SANDS. HOSRA VVERSTER. WM. B COOPER. WHITE- 
HEAD J. CORNELL, .JOSEPH PETTIT. THOMAS MESSENGER, 
(Two Vacancie.s,) Vestn/fmn. 
WHITEHEAD .1. CORxNELL iSecrelary . . .\VM. B. CiK>VER, Treasurer. 



COMMUNION DAYS— A.D. 1845. 
1- Quinqnagesima Sunday Fehniarv 2, 1844. 

2. Easrer March 23, " 

3. Whitsunday ,\ May 11, " 

4. Fiftli Siuuiay after T'inifv June 22, " 

5. Tf-ntli Sunday after Trinity July 27, " 

6. Sxteenth Sunday after Trinity Se|)tembpr7, " 

7. Tweniy-first Smiday after Trinity , , . October 12th, " 

8. TvvfritysiKth Sunday after Trinity ,. N'lveniber 16, " 

9. Christmas , -, December, 25, " 



WEEK DAY SERVICES— //J t/ie Chapel, adjoining the Church. 

Lecture, every Wednesday evening:. 

A Missionary Meetins: on first Wednesday evening of every month 
Services in Church. 

Lecture preparatory to the Communion, on Wednesday evening be 
fore every Communion Sunday. 

Communion Lectures — -.lanuary 29 ; Good Friday, March 21 ; May 
June 18 ; July 23 ; September 5; October 10; November 14; De 
cember 24. 

Baptisms — January 31 ; March 21; May 9; June 10; July 25 
Septembers; October 10; November 14. 

Services during Lent — Prayers at 11 o'clock every Wednesday 
and Friday ; on Wednesday in the Chapel, and on Friday in the Church. 

During Passion Week — Service every day. 

SUNDAY SCHOOLS— J/t^/ic Chapel. 

No. 1, on the ground floor, Mr. A. D. Matthews, Superintendent. 

No. 2, up stairs, Rev. C. Bancroft, Superintendent. 

Schools open before Service morning and afternoon. 

Public Divine service and a Sermon mornin^' and afternoon in the 
School-room No. \, for children whose parents do not attend Church,! 
— average attendance last year about 100. This service at the same, 
hours with that in Church — Meeting for the teachers every Fridayi 
jevening in the Sunday School room No. 2. 

Library, about 200(3 volumes, open after church, Sunday afternoon. 

PARISH LIBRARY— 7/4//^/? Vestibule of the Church. 

For i\\(t use of all the congregation, free of expense. Opened every 
Sunday afternoon after Divine service. — N.B. The number of the pew 
to be given in taking out a book. 

Mr. F. G. Fisir, No. 41 Front street, Agent for the Episcopal xle- 
corder, Spirit oC Missions, Protestant Churchman, and London Chris- 
tian Observer. 

Robert Rhodes, Sexton ; J. Abraham, Undertaker. 



VESTRY FROM 1832 to 1844. 



1832-3— Joshua Sands, 
Robert Bach, 
Matthew Clarkson, 
Frederick T. Peet, 
James W. Burtis, 
Cyrus Bill, 
Cliarles Hoyt, 
Thomas J. Chew, 
John M. Gamble, 
Wm. Beits, 

1833-4 — Joshua Sands, 

Fanning C. Tucker, 



Warden. 

Vestry. 
do. 
do. 
do, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 
Warden. 
do. 
[Vestry same as last year.] 
1834-5 — [Wardens and Vestry as 
last year.] 
Cyrus Bill, Secretary. 
Thomas J. Chew, Treasurer. 
1835-6 — [All the same as last year.] 
183G-7 — Thomas J. Chew, Wo,rden. 
Cyrus Bill, do. 

John M. Gamble, Vestry. 
James W. Burtis, do. 

Frederick T. Peet, do. 
William Betts, do 

Hosea Webster, do. 

David B. Douglass, do. 
Joseph Sands, do, 

Conklin Brush, do. 

Thomas J. Chew, Treasurer. 
William Betts. Secretary. 
1837-8— [Wardens and Vestry 
same as last year, except 
W. J. Cornell takes the 
place of Col. Gamble, de- 
ceased.] 



Conklin Brush, Treasurer. 

Wm. Betts, Secretary. 
1838-9— [Wardens as before.] 

James. W. Burtis, Vestry. 

Frederick T. Peet, do. 

Conklin Brush, do. 

David B. Douglass, do. 

Joseph Sands, do. 

Hosea Webster, do. 

R. S. Tucker, do. 

Wm. B. Cooper, do, 

1839-40— [Wardens and Vestry 
same as last year, j 

R. S. Tucker, Secretary. 

W. B. Cooper, Treasurer. 
1840-41 — [All sa.ne f^s before, ex- 
cept W. J. Cornell takes 
the place of D. B. Doug- 
lass in the Vestry.] 
1841-42 — [Wardens as before.] 

F. T. Peet, Vestry. 

J. W. Burtis, do, 

Joseph Sands, do, 

Hosea Webster, do, 

R. S. Tucker, do. 

Wm. B. Cooper, do. 

Whitehead J. Cornell, do, 

Joseph Pettit, do. 

R. S. Tucker, Secretary. 

W. B.Cooper, Treasurer. 
1842-3 — [All same as last year.] 
1843-4 — [Same as last year, ex- 
cept Mr. Cornell is Sec- 
retary^ instead of ^Mr. 
Tucker, absent. ]i 



APPENDIX. 



St. SoIjn'S, (Johnson street.) 
Rev. Evan M. Johnson, Ber.lor, 

This Church was organized in the year 1826. The building 
was erected at the expense of the Rector on his own gronnd, and 
its use offered lo the conf^re^atioii Ibr several years without remu- 
neration. It was then enhiiged and other'iKdse improved, and as- 
^toned by the congr^egation. The following are extracts from 
such of the parochial reports as have been found : 

1828. — Baptisms, 28; marriages, 14 ; communicants, 41 ; Sun- 
day school teachers, 18 ; scholars, 200 ; attendants of school, 150. 

1829. — .Aluch the same. 

1830. — Communicants, 50. 

1831. — Communicants, 84. 

1835. — {Rev. J. W. D'dler, Assistant Minister) — Communi- 
cants 116 ; school, 23 teachers, 194 scholars, and " highly 
flourishing." 

1838 — Communicants, 121; baptisms, 9G ; marriages, 31; 
Sunday School, 18 teachers, 195 cliildren; collections, ^313. 

1841. — Communicants, 133. Church " highly flourishing." 

1842.— Communicants, 130; school, 150. " This Church has 
never been in a more flourishing state, for which v.-e thank God, 
and take courage." 

1843 — Baptis.i,?, 70; marria;;es, 80; communicants, 130. 
" The Sunday school continues to flourish as usual, and is emi- 
nently useful in i)reparing the children to say the catechism to 
the clergyman of the Church on the afternoon of each Lord's 
day, when the Holy Communion is administered. Collections 
have been made, once in each quarter, for objects specified by 
the canons. The |)ublic services in the Church, besides those on 
Sundays, are, pravers on Wednesday mornings, at 11 o'clock, 
and on every festival day, at sunrise; the latter service is well 
attended." 

Rev. Stephen Patterson followed Mr. Diller as Assistant Min- 
ister, and Rev. C. S. Henry, D. D., now occu[)ies the station. 



St. V^wVb eijiivcl). 

The Rector (Rev. Thomas S. Brittan), in his report to the 
Convention of 1835, says, 

" The churcli was commenced in the month of Sept., 1833, 



212 APPENDIX. 

under the aLisj)ices of the Rev. Thomas Pyne, by whom Divine 
services were performed in a (lisirict school-room liil the month 
of September, 1634. A place of worship, recently vacated by n 
Baptist congregation, was then purcliased and entered upon. In 
the f()llowing month the church was received into conneciion. Ju 
t!]e month of November, the Rev. Mr. Pyne resigned his charge, 
the Rev. T. S. Brittan liecaiiie its Rector. The church was 
consecrated in tfie month of June, and through the Divine blessing 
its members have greatly increased. It has lately been repairetl 
and enlarged; has a flourishing Sttnday Scliool, consisting of 28 
teachers, and 276 scholars. As it is entirely supported by volun- 
tary contributions of the inhabitants of Brooklyn, and still is loaded 
with a heavy debt, it has been found impossihielo make at present 
coileclions for other pi^rposes than the neces^^ary expenditure." 

The debt of the Church continuing to ii^crease, the plan was 
subsequently adopted of letting the pews; bflt this did not afffflW 
the relief expected, and in 1839 or 1840, the edifice was sold, 
and the Church susjieuded or broken up. 



Calbai'l) CDlirdj, (late St. Paul's.) 
Rev. William H. Lewis, Rector. 

The first parochial report after the re-organizaiion of the 
Church, a[)jiear3 to have been made to the Convention of 1841. 
There had been during the year 36 hajHisms, 7 marriages, and 
16 funerals. Of the communicants, 17 had been added as new, 
125 had removed into the parish, 6 removed from it, and 1 had 
died — leaving 13-5. Sunday school, 31 teachers, 214 children. 
No collections had been made except for domestic and foreign 
missions, $83,25, The report says : 

" This church has been organized wltliin tlie past year. The 
edifice formerly known as St. Paul's Church, was purchased by 
Edgar J. Bartow, Esq., with the design of opening it as a free 
church, and the present Rector was invited by him to engage in 
the attempt to fi)rrn a new congregation, with the guarantee of 
pecuniary support on his own responsibility, for one year. The 
old building was much improved, furnished with a bell and organ, 
and comfortably fitted up by the proprietor; and, on the 15th of 
November, opened for public vvorshi]). The attendance was .soon 
large enough to justify us in organizing a church, which was done 
u[)der the name of Calvary Church ; and the Wardens and Vestry 
then chosen, rented the building of the proprietor on easy terms, 
ple(iging themselves to keep it open as a ^ree church imtil Easier, 
1842, and confirmed the call to the Rector. In a few months, 
tiie accommodations were found insufficient, and Mr. Bartow, at 
the request of the Vestry, very cheerfully consented to enlarge 
them at his own ex[)ense. Durincj most of the ten months that 
we have been in operation, the edifice has been unrlergoing im- 
provements, without, however, interrupting a single service; anij 



APPENDIX. 213 

now that they are nearly completed, we are in possession of a 
place of worship of twice the former size, whicli will contain, 
galleries included, seven hundred or more, wiili a basement which 
will accomtnodate three hundred and fifty Sunday scholars. 
This enlarged church, for several months past, has been com- 
pletely filled with a congregation, intelligent, respectable, and 
devout in appearance, among whom we have many proofs that 
the Spirit of God has been carrying on his new-creating work. 
The (|uiet, unobtrusive benevolence of the individual to whom we 
are so much indebted for our church accommodations, needs no 
praise; but it should be mentioned, that we are also greatly in- 
debted to our brethren of other Episcopal congregations in Brook- 
lyn, for their liberal coiitrihutions, and to their respective Rectors, 
for the kindest and most cordial co-operation with us in all our 
efforts." 

1842. — Baptisms 79, 16 of whom are adults; confirmed CO; 
marriages 14 ; funerals 30; communicants 200 — 44 being added 
as new, 77 removing into the parish, 55 out of it, and 1 having 
died. The collections were ^250 59, for different objects. Three 
services on Sunday, and a Wetlnesday evening lecture, were 
kept up during the year; extra services were held in Lent; "the 
Church was opened for prayers on the principal Fasts and Festi- 
vities of the Church, and on Friday morning preceding the Com- 
munion, which was administered on the first Sunday of every 
month, except a festival occurred in the course of the month, 
when that was selected for its administration. The afternoon of 
each communion day is devoted to the catechetical instruction of 
the children." 

1843. — Baptisms 99 — 21 adults, 78 infants; confirmed 52; 
marriages 13 ; funerals 31 ; commtanicants — 53 new, 54 removed 
into the parish, 39 removed from it, and 9 deceased — 269 re- 
maining in all. Collections §552 63 — $300 of wliich was raised 
by the Female Benevolent Society for the Poor. A public ex- 
aminntion of the Sunday School is hf^ld (piar'erly. The church 
susiaiiied a hws in the death of the Seiiior Warden, Robert S. 
Bartow. "We have," says the Rector's rej)orf, "still to ac- 
knowledge the goodness of God in the continued unify, peace, 
and pros|)erity of our parish. The canonical collections have 
been made every month, and thouiih our peo|)le cannot give 
largely, the plan of monthly offerings seems to meet with their 
et)tire approbation." 

1844. — Baptisms, 75; confirmed in St. Ann's Church 7, St. 
John's 9 — 16; tnarriages, 9 ; funerals, 35; communicants, new 
26. removed into the jjarish 46, removed from it 34, died 9, pre- 
sent number 301 ; Sunday scholars, ab(Mit 300, teachers, 50 ; 
contributions, ^913 13, of whir-h 850 were for Kenyon College, 
$200 for Jubilee College, and '5^330 hnm the Lndies' Society for 
the Poor. U|)wards of 500 volumes have been added to the S. S. 
Library, during the last year; present number o(" volumes about 



214 APPENDIX. . 

1,100. " The Church ha^ sustained itselfhy voluntary contribu- 
tions of its own members, from thecommencement, except during 
the past six months." 

Present Vestry. — Peter Clark, E. Fuller, Wardens; Edi:;ar J. 
Barlow, J. E. Underhill, Isaac Peck, Benjamin F. Wardwell, 
H. T. Chapman, George L. Willard, William Handlen, Daniel 
P. Barnard, Vestrymen. 



C.firist CSurcf), (Clinton Street.) 

The Chnrch was organized in 1835, but it is believed that it 
did not have the benefit of regular services until 1837, when the 
Rev. Kingston Goddard became Rector. A temporary f)lace of 
worshi[) was occupied in Pacific street, until the |)resent elegant 
edifice was consecrated, July "SBih, 1843. In 1838, the number 
of communicants reported was 80 ; children in the Sunday School 
158, with 28 teachers. In 1839 the contributions for various pur- 
poses were S 1,393 2. Mr. Goddard resigned! in 1841, and Rev*. 
John S. Stone, D.D., was called, and took charge of the parish in 
May or June, of that year. The report of the Convention gives 
175 as the number of communicants, and 150 pupils to the school. 
In 1842, (thecongregation had taken possession of the new church,) 
the communicants were reported as numbering 180, and the year 
following 220. In this latter year (1843), the collections amounted 
to $1,532 30, ^700 of which were for Kenyon College. " The 
parish (says the Rector) is in all respects in a growing and pros- 
perous condition." In 1844, 230 communicants were reported. 

We have failed to obtain, as we had hoped, a detailed account 
of this Church, and a description of the elegant edifice in which 
it. worships. 



STrilUtw Cijurci), (Clinton Avenue.) 

This Church was organized in March, 1835. The first Vestry 
consisted of George W. Pine and Robert Wilson, Wardens, and 
D. B. Douglass, Charles Hoyt, Anson Blake, J. W. Hunter, 
Beihuel Ackerley, Charles Bashan, A. S. Van Nostrand, and 
A. B. Ellison, Vestrymen. A sione edifice, 45 by GO feet, was 
erected on a plot r)f ground 100 by 200 feet, and consecrated in 
1336. Rev. D. V.M. Johnson, Rev. Dr. Coit, and Rev. Mr. 
Shimeall, were successively Rectors. In 1841, the parish having 
become embarrassed, public worship was suspended. In 1842, 
the church was reorganized under the name ot St. Luke's. 



APPENDIX, 215 

St 2lufee*s Cijurcf), 

Rev. Jacob W. Dlller, Rector. 
Mr. Diller took charge of the parish in June, 1842. There 
were reported to ihe Convention of that year 27 communicants, 
and 46 in 1843. 



St. l^arjj'S. (Clason Avenue.) 
Rev. Joseph Hunter, Rector. 

In March, 1836, a Sunday School was commenced here, 
which formed the nucleus of the Church. In May following, 
Mr. Hunter took charge of the school, and commenced lay-read- 
ing to a small congregation which assembled with the children. 
In 1837, a Church edifice of very limited extent was erected, and 
a Church organized, to which the name of St. Mary's was 
given. This edifice was consecrated by the Bishop of the Dio- 
cese on the 1st of February, 1840, was enlargpd in 1841, and is 
now capable of accommodating from 250 to 300 persons. Mr. 
Hunter was ordained Deacon with the graduating class of the 
Theological Seminary, July 7, 1839, in the Church of the An- 
nunciation, and to the order of the Priesthood in St. Mary's. 
The following [lersons composed the Vestry in 1843 — 
Wardens — John Hammel, W. J. Cornell, (of Si. Ann's.) 
Vestrymen — B. Ticknor, J. Whitman, J. L. Husted, B. H. 
Riker, W. Kelley, A. D. Berry, E. Copland, K. S. Tucker, (of 
St. Ann's.) 

There are about 50 communicantg, and more than 100 cate- 
chumens. 



Hmntan tel ^^fjlirri), (Sidney Place ) 
This Church was organized in 1839, Kev. Kingston Goddardj 
Rector, and a neat brick edifice built and consecrated in 1840, 
Since that period the congregation has been gradually increasing, 
and the parish is prosperous. In 1842, according to the parochial 
report, there were 97 communicants. The Vestry, in 1843, con- 
sisted of Conklin Brush, senior Warden, Oliver H. Gordon, junior 
Warden, and George Hastings, Henry S. WyckoHT, Edward 
Whitehouse, William Dumonf, D. H. Arnold, G. F. Duckwiiz, 
R. Aborn, and George F. Thomea, Vestrymen ; Geo. F. Thomea, 
Treasurer, and Charles Congdon, acting Secretary In the be- 
ginning of 1844, Mr. Goddard resigned his charge on account of 
ill health, and not long after the Rev. Francis Vintoni of Rhode 
Island, was called to the Rectorship, who entered upon his duties 
in the following August. The present number of communicants 
is about 150. Present vestry same as above, except that Henry 
Shelden and A. M. Ryder have succeeded to G. F. Duckwitz 
and Wm. Dnmont. 



216 APPENDIX. 

St. 2r|)omas* CCijurc^. 

This was organized as a free church on Easter Monday, 1843. 
Rev. John F. Messenger, Minister. Fourteen communicants are 
reported for that year, and 15 teachers, and 100 pupils in the 
Sunday School. Services are held in a small building in Navy 
street, near Myrtle Avenue. Measures are in [)rogress to erect a 
permanent place of worship. ' 

These notices have been partly made up from such of the pa- 
rochial reports as w^ere at hand, in the absence of other materials 
which it was desired to obtain, and which, in some instances, were 
promised. 



|:j= Si. Peters' s (colored) Church was formed some years ago, 
but has been suspended for want of support. 

11^ A large Gothic edifice is now in the progress of erection by 
E . J. Bartow, Esq , but whether intended for one of the present 
congregations, or for a new one, has not transpired. 



[appendix a.] 
Referred to at j)CLge 13. 

The Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts re- 
quired that every application for the appointment of a Missionary* 
in stating the qualifications of the person presented, should be ex- 
plicit as to "his temper, his prudence, his learning, his sober and 
pious conversation, his zeal for the .Christian religion, and dili- 
gence in his calling," &c. — And all persons concerned were be- 
sought "not to recommend any man out of favor or aflTeclion, but 
from a sincere regard to the honor of Almighty God and our blessed 
Saviour." — And if any unworthy person should by any means 
receive the appointment of Missionary, the Society " intreated 
their friends in America, in the sacred name of Christ, to give 
information, that they might put away from them that luicked 
person/^ 



APPENDIX. 



211 



The following interesting incident was copiel from an old publi- 
cation by a femZle member of St. Ann's. It is not doubted that its in- 
sertion here will be gratifying to many: 
L-nes addressed by the Young Ladies of the Female Seminary at 

Q^ M , to their Pastor, and placed by them in a basket ot 

fresh gathered flowers which was hung at his door on May morn : 

Pastor beloved ! at early dawn 
We ranged the hills, the dale, the lawn, 
And cuU'd their sweets, with meekest care, 
For thee this chaplet to prepare. 

Ah ! would the Spring a flower supply 
Unfading as thy charity, 
Still would the gift fell far below 
The debt of gratitude we owe. 

And long may each revolving year 

Witness our faithful guardian's care, 

Yet, let this simple present prove 

How dear we hold thy watchful love ; 
'Tis all we have, — may bounteous Heaven bestov/ 
The wreath that blooms where living waters flow. 

ANSWER BY RRV. B. C. C. 

Dear lambs ! whom Jesus bids me feed, 

And through life's rugged path to lead, » 

How sweet the chaplel you have given 

To grace a brow so bless'd of Heaven,—- 

Bless'd by the hands of faith and prayer. 

When laid in holy office there. 

That chaplet is a wreath more bright 

Than royal diadem of light. 

The lambs of Christ their Shepherd own, 

His friendly crook, his voice, are known ; 

Oh may that chaplet flourish fair 

Till every flower which blossoms there 

A gem becomes, by glory given, 

And every gem a soul in Heaven. 

Go forth, my lambs, o'er hill and dale, 

And pluck the sweetest flowers of morn. 
But let the perfume they exhale 
To every morning breeze, or gale,— 
The mute but breathing praise they sing,— 
Ascend to Heaven on Faith's bright wmg ; 
Lisp ye the homage they would pay 
To Him that ushers in the day. — 
l^hose mountains, where the Gospel tread 
Bedews the flowrets' fragrant bed; 
Those mountains, where a gushing stream 
Both slakes your thirst and leaves you clean; 
There stop ! nor pass, by step too bold, 
The bounds that mark Christ's peaceful fold ; 
For there the world her snares has spread 
For wandering sheep from Shepherd stray d. 



John xxi, 1.5. 
Heb. xii, 13, 



Ordination service. 
1 Tim. iv, 14. 



John X, 9. 
1 Thess. i, 19. 



Isaiah lii, 7. 

John iv, 14. 
xiii, 3. 
Genesis iii, 4. 

1 John ii, 15. 



2L8 APPENDIX. 

» 

The following are the Hymns written on occasion of the return of the 
present Rector of St. Ann's from Europe. They are inserted to show 
the feeling which prevailed in the School. 

THE PASTOR'S RETURN. 

[[By a former Member of School No. 1.] 

Welcome, dear Friend and Pastor ! 

Defended and restor'd ; * 

Let Christ, our Lord and Master, 

For ever be ador'd ! 
Unceasing supplication 

Sent up to Mercy's throne, 
Returns with rich salvation, 

Abundantly pour'd down. 

When on the stormy ocean 

Thy midnight pathway lay. 
He rul'd its wild commotion, 

Whom winds and sea obey : 
We hope thy God hath given 

Some souls tliat sail'd with theCj 
Rejoicing stars in heaven 

To shine eternally ! 

Saviour ! look down with favor 

On us thy gather'd band ; 
And guard thy lambs for ever, 

In Britain's favor'd land ! 
Still may the Churcli, exienilingj 

Proclaim thy glorious grace ! 
Thy Kingdom never ending 

Its wonderful displays ! 

Earth of Thy lovk is telling; 

And the responsive throng 
In distantlsles, is swelling 

Redemption's rapturous song ! 
In Heav'n, the wondrous story 

Shall be renew'd, and then, 
We'll publish forth Thy glory, 

World without end — Amen ! 



A WELCOMING HYMN. 
[By a Female Friend of a Teacher.] 

O ! thou hast come to \is again, 
Our Pastor, kind and true ! 

And grateful are our feelings when 
Our duties we renew. 

We welcome thee to this lov'd place. 
Our friend! with joy sincere; 

For oft we've longed to see thy face 
Since thou wert with us here. 



APPENDIX. 219 

The little ones of England's isle — 

Christ's lambs within His fold — 
We hope have cheered thy heart the while 

With happiness untold. 

But though our forms wove severed wide, 

Our thoughts were with thee still ; 
And e'er at morn and eventide 

Our PROMISE we'd fulfil. 

A nd did not then thy prayers arise 

With ours, like heaven's bow, 
Whose tints blend sweetly in the skies, 

Though parted wide below 1 

We thank " our Father," who, from harm, 

Has safely shielded thee ; — 
May all relying on His arm 

Find like security! 



A HYMN OF THANKSGIVING. 

[By a Teacher in No. 2 ] 

Come, let our hearts unite,^ 

In one glad strain, to Him 
Who sits enthroned in majesty 

O'er saint and seraphim, — 

For mercy shown to one 

Now standing with us here, 
Our Pastor, Teacher, Friend beloved,— 

To all our hearts so dear. 

When on the sea's wide waste, 
Whose arm of love was nigh 

To guard him safe, when billows roar'd, 
And angry winds were high 1 

'Twas thine, O God! 'twas Thine; 

And for thy goodness shown, 
This hymn of gratitude we raise 

Before thy heavenly Throne. 

Returned again, O bless 

Our Pastor's work of love 
In winning souls to Christ, and may 

He ever faithful prove — 

Till life's last hour ; O then, 

His work for Jesus done. 
Receive his soul — reward his faith 

With an immortal crown ! 



220 At»P£NDIXi 

THE GREETING. 

• [By a Member of St. Ann's.] 

There's gladness in the fold once more ! 

And glowing hearts rejoice; 
Thanks to our God ! our waiting o'er, 
We hear the Sheplierd's voice ! 

Foremost to join the joyous strain' 
The cherish'd lambs would come, 

And praise the Power that brings again 
Our own dear Pastor home. 

* * * * 
"When here thy parting voice we heard,— ^ 

So slow to hear before, — 
And fear'd, perchance, thy look and word 
Might cheer our hearts no more : — 

And when we saw thy toil-worn form 
Borne from our sight away, 

And felt, alas ! that no return 
Thy love and toil could pay :— 

O then, in lowliness we bent, 

And breatli'd our promis'd prayer : 
The promised mercy Jksus sent. 
And made our friend His care. 

* * * * 
We thank thee for sweet intercourse 

With kindred hearts o'er sea ; 
Of" pleasant memories" the source 
Will this communing be, 

We'r£ thankful, too, that time and space 

Can but the prese7ice part, 
And naught the blessed' bond efface 

Which makes us one in heart. 

* * * * 

Here rest thee now, thy wand'ring feet, 
Our fi^lt'ring steps to guide; 

And may we show with vigor meet 
We're nourish'd at thy side. 

And now, in praise* and thankfulness, 
We raise the fervent strain ; 

Lord ! may we sing in Blessedness 
The SONG OF PRAISE ajrain ! 



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